紙

かみ

paper

Mnemonic

Thread mashed flat and dried out, and the present goes inside it. Origami is folded かみ, and this is the かみ in it. Pick a nice one: かみ.

Worth knowing

Three かみ in this deck: 紙 paper, 髪 hair and 神 a god. The characters are the only thing keeping them apart.

Built from

紙

paper

糸 thread on the left, pulped and pressed out flat. What paper was before it was paper.

Also read かみ

髪 hair(style)神 god, spirit

Words sharing these kanji

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