紙
paper

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かみ

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:2
Strokes:10
JLPT:4
Frequency:559

Vocabulary

シ

WordReadingMeaning
印紙インシ(revenue) stamp
画用紙ガヨウシdrawing paper
原稿用紙ゲンコウヨウシJapanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
紙幣シヘイpaper money; note; bill
紙面シメンspace on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings; document

Other

WordReadingMeaning
銀紙ぎんがみaluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver paper; silver-colored paper
紙かみpaper
紙芝居かみしばいkamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
紙袋かみぶくろpaper bag
紙袋かんぶくろpaper bag

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

級
class, grade, rank
Grade 3JLPT 1
紀
account, annals, chronicle, geologic period, history, narrative
Grade 5JLPT 1
糾
ask, investigate, twist, verify
Grade 8JLPT 1
紛
be mistaken for, distract, divert, go astray
Grade 8JLPT 1
純
genuine, innocence, net (profit), purity
Grade 6JLPT 2
紅
crimson, deep red
Grade 6JLPT 2
約
approximately, promise, shrink
Grade 4JLPT 3
給
allow, bestow on, gift, grant, salary, wage
Grade 4JLPT 3
絵
drawing, painting, picture, sketch
Grade 2JLPT 3
紹
help, inherit, introduce
Grade 8JLPT 2