紙 Kanji – paper
The Japanese kanji 紙 can mean paper.
Meaning and Readings
How is 紙 read?
紙 has the onyomi reading シ and the kunyomi reading かみ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shi, kami.
Common Japanese Words Using 紙
These common Japanese words contain 紙. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 印紙（いんし） — (revenue) stamp
- 画用紙（がようし） — drawing paper
- 銀紙（ぎんがみ） — aluminum foil, aluminium foil, tinfoil, silver paper
- 原稿用紙（げんこうようし） — Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 厚紙（あつがみ） — cardboard, thick 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
- 紙幣（しへい） — paper money, note, bill
- 紙面（しめん） — space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)