Paper in Chinese (Mandarin): 纸 (zhǐ)
纸
zhǐ
paper
- Simplified
- 纸
- Traditional
- 紙
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Typed as
- zhi
Use it in a sentence
我在纸上画画。
我在紙上畫畫。
I draw on the paper.
The characters in 纸
纸 / 紙
Paper. 纟 (silk) is on the left, because early paper was made like silk cloth.
7 strokes
Third tone. Paper was invented in China. Count sheets with 张 (zhāng): 一张纸.
More examples with 纸
给我一张纸。
給我一張紙。
Gěi wǒ yì zhāng zhǐ.
Give me a sheet of paper.
我用纸折了一只船。
我用紙折了一隻船。
Wǒ yòng zhǐ zhé le yì zhī chuán.
I folded a boat out of paper.
How to write 纸 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
纸 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
紙 10 strokes
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