滤纸
lǜ​zhǐ

filter paper

滤 lǜ strain out Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 虑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濾.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

虑
虑 Sound component
lǜ be concerned

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

纸 zhǐ paper Simplified

Simplified form of 紙. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

氏
氏 Sound component
shì clan

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

濾 strain out Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 慮 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

慮
慮 Sound component
lǜ be concerned

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangras

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

紙 zhǐ paper Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

氏
氏 Sound component
shì clan

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyeXk.teʔ paper

說文解字

《說文》：“紙，絮一笘也。从糸，氏聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)