The word "纸片" is formed by combining the character "纸", meaning paper, which itself is a pictophonetic character with the "纟" radical suggesting a thin material and "氏" indicating sound, with the character "片", meaning a flat piece or slice, derived from a pictograph of a split wood slab. Together, they create a compound where "纸" specifies the material and "片" denotes its form, resulting in the literal meaning "piece of paper".