纸媒
zhǐ​méi

paper taper

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

媒 méi, mèi matchmaker, medium

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
某
某 Sound component
mǒu certain thing or person

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmwojC.mˤə match-maker, go-between

說文解字

《說文》：“媒，謀也，謀合二姓。从女，某聲。”

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)

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)