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纸, the simplified form of 紙, is a phonosemantic compound: the component 纟 (the silk radical) on the left conveys the meaning, while 氏 on the right provides the sound. The choice of the silk radical reflects paper's early history, long before plant fibers came into use, the Chinese wrote on thin sheets formed from waste silk, the leftover fibers after boiling and sorting cocoons. When true paper made from plant cellulose eventually replaced silk-based sheets, the character stubbornly kept the silk radical, preserving a clue to its origins.
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这是一张白纸。
我用纸折飞机。
报纸上有新闻。
请把纸放进垃圾桶。
这张纸的颜色很漂亮。
我们需要节约用纸保护环境。
在古代，纸是一项重要的发明。
这种特殊纸张可以防水。
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