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紙 = 氏 + 糸
紙 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “paper”. It is built from 氏 (family name) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1971.
- Keyword
- paper
- RTK frame
- 1971
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- бумага
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 紙 paper
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 紙 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “family name” + “thread”. 紙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 紙 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.