Dong Chinese dictionary

zhǐ

paper

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

sī, mì

silk

糹 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)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhǐ

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

Most common words with 紙

Sources