HSK 2

(zhǐ): paper

zhǐ

paper

Pinyin

zhǐ

HSK Level

Level 2

Characters

1

English Meaning

paper

How to Write (zhǐ)

is written in 7 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

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Origin of

A phono-semantic compound: 纟 (silk) carries the meaning, and 氏 hints at the pronunciation.

What is Made Of

is built from 2 components:

silk
clan, family

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Words Using

Common Chinese words that contain :

报纸

bàozhǐ

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