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Kanji Information Sheet for 紙 ( 
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| English: paper | On-Yomi: シ | Kun-Yomi: かみ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread
Henshall Mnemonic: pound threads with spoon to make paper
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #559 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #559 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
Click [D] to look up the word at WWWJDIC (definition is the same but other useful features exist).
Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.
JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 紙屑 [かみくず]
(n) wastepaper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紙幣 [しへい]
(n) paper money; notes; bills [K] [D] [Jisho] - 表紙 [ひょうし]
(n) front cover; binding [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 張り紙 [はりがみ]
(n) paper patch; paper backing; poster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 用紙 [ようし]
(n) blank form [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 画用紙 [がようし]
(n) drawing paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 厚紙 [あつがみ]
(n) cardboard; thick paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原稿用紙 [げんこうようし]
Japanese writing paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 白紙 [はくし]
(n) blank paper; white paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 古紙 [こし]
(n) used paper; paper for recycling [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紙芝居 [かみしばい]
(n) picture story show [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紙上 [しじょう]
(n) on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紙袋 [かみぶくろ]
(n) paper bag [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紙面 [しめん]
(n) space (page) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 折り紙 [おりがみ]
(n) origami (paper folding) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 銀紙 [ぎんがみ]
(n) silver paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 色紙 [しきし]
(n) square drawing paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - ちり紙 [ちりがみ]
(n) tissue paper; toilet paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 本紙 [ほんし]
(n) this newspaper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本紙 [にほんし]
(n) Japanese paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 壁紙 [かべがみ]
(n) wallpaper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 折紙 [おりがみ]
(n) origami (paper folding) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 和紙 [わし]
(n) Japanese paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 新聞紙 [しんぶんし]
(n) newsprint; newspaper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 製紙 [せいし]
(n) paper making or manufacturing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 包み紙 [つつみがみ]
wrapping paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 鼻紙 [はながみ]
(n) tissue paper; handkerchief paper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 印紙 [いんし]
(n) (revenue) stamp [K] [D] [Jisho] - 機関紙 [きかんし]
(n) bulletin; (party) organ [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.