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紙
紙 ＝ 糸 ＋ 氏
ㄓˇ · zhǐ
noun — paper
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義silk threads
{zh,ch,sh}ITshì → zhǐ — a step inside {zh,ch,sh}
Silk (糸) remembers what the first paper was: waste floss matted on a screen and lifted off in a sheet. 氏 gives the sound, sh stepped to zh. 說文 wrote it down before wood pulp ever arrived: 絮一苫也 — floss on a mat.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
簾子從水裡提起來，薄薄一層絮（糸）——乾了就是一張紙。
The screen lifts from the vat — a film of floss (糸) across it; dried, it is a sheet of paper.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)紙— paper常用
→報紙、紙箱— the paper things — news and boxes
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension