纸 — paper
paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 纸: 7 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 纸 in the HSK syllabus: 7
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper; newsprintHSK 3
- 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etcHSK 3
- 纸巾zhǐjīnpaper towel; napkin; facial tissueHSK 4
- 图纸túzhǐblueprint; drawing; design plans; graph paperHSK 7–9
- 锡纸xīzhǐtinfoilHSK 7–9
- 纸币zhǐbìbank notes; paper currencyHSK 7–9
- 纸上谈兵zhǐshàng-tánbīnglit. military tactics on paperHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.