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IDENTITY

zhǐpaper

HSK 1Top 470

CORE MEANING

paper

Part of speech
noun
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.paperHSK1

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
silk radical (sī)
strokes
7
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰纟氏
    • silk fibers
    • gives the sound zhǐ

USAGE

Common words

报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
纸巾zhǐjīntissue

Graded examples

  • 纸上有很多字。Zhǐ shang yǒu hěn duō zì.HSK2

    There are many characters on the paper.

RELATIONS

In these chengyu

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Silk fibers (纟) beaten flat (氏) — paper.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#470
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

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AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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