紙

かみ · kami · JLPT N5 · noun

paper

紙 — paper

📄 kami: paper shares its sound with kami (god) and kami (hair)

Three everyday words are all read kami: 紙 paper, 神 god, 髪 hair. The kanji 紙 = 糸 thread + 氏 clan, sound part: early paper was made from fibre such as silk waste and rags, so the thread radical marks the material.

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