纸

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paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “silk” + 氏 sound ( shì )

Components 纟氏

paper · Heisig RSH #1372

thread + 氏 family name

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一纸空文	yī zhǐ kōng wén	a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
纸马儿	zhǐ mǎ r	erhua variant of 紙馬\|纸马[zhi3 ma3]
无纸化	wú zhǐ huà	paperless
白纸黑字	bái zhǐ hēi zì	(written) in black and white
纸黄金	zhǐ huáng jīn	gold contract; special drawing right (SDR); paper gold (finance)
电纸书	diàn zhǐ shū	electronic book reader
白报纸	bái bào zhǐ	newsprint
放大纸	fàng dà zhǐ	enlarging paper (photography); bromide paper
无纸化办公	wú zhǐ huà bàn gōng	paperless office
纸人	zhǐ rén	human figure made of paper or papier-mâché
方格纸	fāng gé zhǐ	squared paper; graph paper; grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characte…
纸人纸马	zhǐ rén zhǐ mǎ	paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
纸马	zhǐ mǎ	paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
纸片人	zhǐ piàn rén	extremely thin person; (ACG) 2D character (from anime, manga etc)
金纸	jīn zhǐ	joss paper
卫生用纸	wèi shēng yòng zhǐ	toilet paper
纸花	zhǐ huā	paper flower
手纸	shǒu zhǐ	toilet paper
面纸	miàn zhǐ	facial tissue; kleenex
纸包不住火	zhǐ bāo bu zhù huǒ	the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever

Characters sharing the sound component 氏 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
氏 sound part	shì	clan, family; maiden name
舐	shì	to lick, to lap up
哌	pài	used in transliterations
祇	qí	only, just, simply; one of a pair; an earth god
芪	qí	celery
衹	qí	only, merely, just