紙 – vocab dash

Keyword

paper

Frequency: #559
Strokes: 10
Grade: 2
JLPT (old): N3
Heisig: 1971

Readings

シ81%

かみ19%

Mnemonic

A seamstress embroiders her family name in thread on a sheet of paper, to stop the signature fading.

Stroke order

Composed of

糸thread 氏family name

Used in vocabulary

paper

Noun

手て紙がみ

letter; note

Noun

機き関かん紙し

bulletin; (party) organ

Noun

表ひょう紙し

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding

Noun

原げん稿こう用よう紙し

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

Noun

用よう紙し

blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

Noun

紙し面めん

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings; document

Noun

白はく紙し

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch; beginning

Noun

本ほん紙し

main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper; our paper

Noun

紙し幣へい

paper money; note; bill

Noun

壁かべ紙がみ

wallpaper; background image; desktop image

Noun

新しん聞ぶん紙し

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

Noun

washi; Japanese paper

Noun

包つつみ紙がみ

wrapping paper

Noun

製せい紙し

papermaking; paper manufacture

Noun

used paper; paper for recycling

Noun

収しゅう入にゅう印いん紙し

revenue stamp

Noun

紙かみ袋ぶくろ

paper bag

Noun

業ぎょう界かい紙し

trade journal

Noun

印いん紙し

(revenue) stamp

Noun

色しき紙し

square fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.

Noun

張はり紙がみ

paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; label; notice; poster

Noun

折おり紙がみ

origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity

Noun

草そう紙し

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

Noun