纸品
zhǐ​pǐn

paper products

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

品 pǐn product

Triple of 口. Depicts several types of things together.

Components

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (6)

区临臨區喿喦

Sound (3 of 5 verified)

临臨闆榀嵒

Simplified (2)

区临

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphimXpʰr[ə]mʔ kind, class

說文解字

《說文》：“品，眾庶也。从三口。”

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)

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)