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Word and Radical Components of 报纸

The Chinese word 报纸 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
报纸 1. Simplified form of 報紙

报纸 ⇨ 报 + 纸
Component Pinyin Meanings
报 1. Variant of 報
纸 1. Simplified form of 紙

报 ⇨ 扌 +
Component Pinyin Meanings
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
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纸 ⇨ 纟 + 氏
Component Pinyin Meanings
纟 1. silk
2. Simplified form of 糹
氏 shì 1. clan; family; lineage; hereditary house
     夏后氏 - The (Sovereign) House of Xia
     氏族 - tribe; clan
2. surname
3. person with the surname of ...; Mr.
     無名氏 - Anonymous
4. (historical) née; born as; maiden name
5. (suffix to a personal proper noun for attribution) (of a work, invention, discovery, etc.)
     's Spring and Autumn
     歐氏管 - Eustachian tube
6. (classical) (suffix to a noun that refers to family membership (actual or honorary))
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