Dong Chinese dictionary

zhǐ

paper

Simplified form of 紙. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì, sī

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

氏 Sound component

shì, zhī

clan

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

zhǐ

paper; CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]; classifier for documents, letter etc

zhǐ

variant of 紙|纸[zhǐ]

Most common words with 纸

Sources