Wiktionary

紙

See also: 纸 and 帋
紙 U+7D19, 紙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D19
← 紘
[U+7D18] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 級 →
[U+7D1A]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

紙 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹女心 (VFHVP), four-corner 22940, composition ⿰糹氏)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 918, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27293
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3375, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7D19

Chinese edit

trad. 紙
simp. 纸
alternative forms 帋
𦀦
𥾬

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 紙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (氏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
氏 *skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ
衹 *kje, *ɡe
紙 *kjeʔ
帋 *kjeʔ
扺 *kjeʔ
坁 *kjeʔ
汦 *kjeʔ, *tjil
忯 *ɡje, *ɡe
眂 *ɡje, *ɡils
舐 *ɦljeʔ
芪 *ɡe
祇 *ɡe
疧 *ɡe
軝 *ɡe
蚔 *ɡe

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjeʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 氏 (OC *skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ).

Etymology edit

Unknown. It has been connected to Vietnamese giấy (< Proto-Vietic *k-cajʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • chóa - vernacular;
  • chí - literary.
Rime
Character 紙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 諸氏切
Baxter tsyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ciə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕieX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 紙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyeX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.teʔ/
English paper

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紙
Reading # 1/1
No. 11516
Phonetic
component 		氏
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		紙
Old
Chinese 		/*kjeʔ/

Definitions edit

紙

  1. (countable) paper (Classifier: 張／张)
    草稿紙／草稿纸  ―  cǎogǎozhǐ  ―  scratch paper
    她買了紙、筆等文具。 [MSC, trad.]
    她买了纸、笔等文具。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā mǎi le zhǐ, bǐ děng wénjù. [Pinyin]
    She bought paper, pens, and other such stationery.
    他用棕色的紙把包裹包起來。 [MSC, trad.]
    他用棕色的纸把包裹包起来。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yòng zōngsè de zhǐ bǎ bāoguǒ bāo qǐlái. [Pinyin]
    He wrapped brown paper around the package.
  2. (chiefly Cantonese) currency
    港紙／港纸 [Cantonese]  ―  gong2 zi2 [Jyutping]  ―  Hong Kong dollar
    加紙／加纸 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa1 zi2 [Jyutping]  ―  Canadian dollar
  3. (Cantonese, countable) banknote; bill (Classifier: 張／张 c)
    十蚊紙／十蚊纸 [Cantonese]  ―  sap6 man1 zi2 [Jyutping]  ―  ten-dollar bill
  4. Classifier for document and letters.
  5. Short for 紙錢／纸钱 (zhǐqián, “paper made to resemble money and burnt as an offering to the dead”).
  6. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) Pronunciation spelling of 子 (zǐ).
    妹紙／妹纸  ―  mèizhǐ  ―  girl
    胖紙／胖纸  ―  pàngzhǐ  ―  fatty
  7. a surname

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 紙 (“paper”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 紙
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 紙, 紙張 collective
Mandarin Beijing 紙
Taiwan 紙
Yantai (Muping) 紙
Jinan 紙
Wanrong 紙
Xi'an 紙
Wuhan 紙
Chengdu 紙
Guilin 紙
Nanning (Wuming) 紙
Yangzhou 紙
Hefei 紙
Singapore 紙
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 紙
Dagudi (Maliba) 紙
Reshuitang (Longling) 紙
Mae Salong (Lancang) 紙
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 紙
Cantonese Guangzhou 紙
Hong Kong 紙
Taishan (Guanghai) 紙
Yangjiang 紙
Hepu (Lianzhou) 紙
Hepu (Shatian) 紙
Beihai 紙
Beihai (Nankang) 紙
Beihai (Yingpan) 紙
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 紙
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 紙
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 紙
Singapore (Guangfu) 紙
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 紙
Móng Cái 紙
Mandalay (Taishan) 紙
Gan Nanchang 紙
Hakka Meixian 紙
Jiexi 紙
Yudu 紙
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 紙
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 紙
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 紙
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 紙
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 紙
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 紙
Sabah (Longchuan) 紙
Huizhou Jixi 紙
Jin Taiyuan 紙
Northern Min Jian'ou 紙
Eastern Min Fuzhou 紙
Southern Min Xiamen 紙
Singapore (Hokkien) 紙
Manila (Hokkien) 紙
Chaozhou 紙
Shantou 紙
Jieyang 紙
Bangkok (Teochew) 紙
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 紙
Hat Yai (Teochew) 紙
Singapore (Teochew) 紙
Pontianak (Teochew) 紙
Leizhou 紙
Wu Suzhou 紙, 紙頭
Ningbo 紙頭
Zhoushan 紙頭
Wenzhou 紙
Xiang Changsha 紙
Xiangxiang 紙
Shuangfeng 紙

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (紙):
  • → Japanese: 紙(し) (shi)
  • → Korean: 지(紙) (ji)
  • → Vietnamese: chỉ (紙)

Others:

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

紙

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. paper

Readings edit

Alternative forms edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
紙
かみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Cited to manuscript kana glosses in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Appears to be a shift in pronunciation from the Middle Chinese term 簡 (MC keanX), borrowed into Old Japanese with the pronunciation kan.[2]

  • /kaɴ/ → */kamu/ → /kami/

Earlier Japanese writing was ambiguous regarding the final n sound spelled ん in modern Japanese, with this sound often spelled (and possibly pronounced) as む (mu) instead. Compare the similar appearance of an excrescent final -i in the derivation of 文 (fumi) from borrowed bun or pun.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

紙(かみ) • (kami) 

  1. [from 720] paper
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
紙
し
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 紙 (MC tsyeX).

Pronunciation edit

Affix edit

紙(し) • (shi) ←し (si)?

  1. paper
  2. newspaper
    大手紙(おおてし)
    ōteshi
    major newspaper

References edit

  1. ^ “紙”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ “紙”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

紙 (eumhun 종이 지 (jong'i ji))

  1. Hanja form? of 지 (“paper”).

Old Japanese edit

Noun edit

紙 (*KAMI₁)

  1. paper
    • Shōsōin document, text here
      卅巻未取犯、仍為一帙、〈加遲乃紙〉
      MI₁SO₁ MAKI₁ PA WOKASI WO TO₂RAZU, ITI-TITU wo SI YO₁RU (kadi-no₂ KAMI₁)
      Thirty folds are not taken as a crime; continue making one book case ([using] paper made from rudder)

Reconstruction notes edit

The reconstruction as *KAMI₁ and not **KAMI₂ is because Ainu would have loaned this word as *kambUy, not kambi. Note that Old Japanese "voiced stops" are recognized as pre-nasalized voiced stops, and this is supported by Ainu loans from Old Japanese.

Descendants edit

Vietnamese edit

Chữ Hán edit

紙: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, giấy

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