Chinese symbol for “papyrus”
纸草
zhǐ cǎo
Traditional: 紙草
papyrus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for papyrus is 纸草 (zhǐ cǎo), defined as: papyrus.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纸草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 纸币 (紙幣) | zhǐ bì | bank notes; paper currency |
| 图纸 (圖紙) | tú zhǐ | blueprint; drawing |
| 纸张 (紙張) | zhǐ zhāng | paper |
| 纸条 (紙條) | zhǐ tiáo | slip of paper |
| 造纸 (造紙) | zào zhǐ | papermaking |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie |
See also: Japanese symbol for “papyrus”.
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.