Chinese symbol for “paper”
论文
lùn wén
Traditional: 論文
paper; treatise; thesis; measure word: 篇 (piān)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paper is 论文 (lùn wén), defined as: paper; treatise; thesis; measure word: 篇 (piān); to discuss a paper or thesis (old).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “paper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纸张 (紙張) | zhǐ zhāng | paper |
| 纸质 (紙質) | zhǐ zhì | (attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed; paper quality |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 论文.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 评论 (評論) | píng lùn | to comment on; to discuss |
| 论坛 (論壇) | lùn tán | forum (for discussion) |
| 结论 (結論) | jié lùn | conclusion; verdict |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paper”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.