紙

Glyph origin
.

Etymology
. It has been connected to 🇨🇬 (< 🇨🇬).

Definitions

 * 1)  paper
 * 2)  currency
 * 3)  banknote; bill
 * 1)  currency
 * 2)  banknote; bill
 * 1)  currency
 * 2)  banknote; bill
 * 1)  banknote; bill
 * 1)  banknote; bill

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) paper

Alternative forms

 * (zokuji)

Etymology 1
Cited to manuscript kana glosses in the  of 720.

Appears to be a shift in pronunciation from the term, borrowed into  with the pronunciation kan.



Earlier Japanese writing was ambiguous regarding the final n sound spelled in modern Japanese, with this sound often spelled (and possibly pronounced) as  instead. Compare the similar appearance of an excrescent final -i in the derivation of from borrowed bun or pun.

Noun

 * 1)  paper

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) paper
 * 2) newspaper

Noun

 * 1) paper
 * 2) * Shōsōin document, text here

Reconstruction notes
The reconstruction as *KAMI₁ and not **KAMI₂ is because Ainu would have loaned this word as *kambUy, not kambi. Note that Old Japanese "voiced stops" are recognized as pre-nasalized voiced stops, and this is supported by Ainu loans from Old Japanese.

Descendants

 * (< *kabi₁, see also )
 * (< *kabi₁, see also )