lǚ​bó​zhǐ

aluminum foil

aluminum Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
pitchpipe

Sources

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Unicode

reed screen

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
pō, bó anchor vessel

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːɡ
Unicodebhɑk

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhǐ paper Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

Sound component
shì clan

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

aluminum Traditional

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

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Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhǐ paper Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

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