Chinese symbol for “parchment”
羊皮纸
yáng pí zhǐ
Traditional: 羊皮紙
parchment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parchment is 羊皮纸 (yáng pí zhǐ), defined as: parchment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 羊皮纸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山羊 | shān yáng | goat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse |
| 羊毛 | yáng máo | wool; fleece |
| 羊肉 | yáng ròu | mutton; goat meat |
| 羔羊 | gāo yáng | sheep; lamb |
| 绵羊 (綿羊) | mián yáng | sheep |
| 羚羊 | líng yáng | antelope; 只 (zhī) |
| 皮肤 (皮膚) | pí fū | skin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài) |
| 皮革 | pí gé | leather; 张 (zhāng) |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parchment”.
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.