色紙(いろがみ)

いろがみ
noun
colored paper (for crafts and origami)
1. colored paper; craft paper
Sheets of paper dyed in various colors, used for origami, school crafts, and decoration. Typically sold in square sheets in packs of mixed colors.
子供(こども)が色紙(いろがみ)で鶴(つる)を折(お)った。
The child folded a crane out of colored paper.
色紙(いろがみ)を切(き)って飾(かざ)りを作(つく)る。
To cut colored paper and make decorations.
幼稚園(ようちえん)では毎週(まいしゅう)色紙(いろがみ)を使(つか)った工作(こうさく)をしている。
At kindergarten the children do colored-paper crafts every week.

The same kanji 色紙(いろがみ) can also be read しきし, which refers to a stiff square board used for autographs and calligraphy — a completely different object. Context and reading distinguish them.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 色紙(いろがみ)を折(お)る: to fold colored paper
  • 色紙(いろがみ)を切(き)る: to cut colored paper
  • 色紙(いろがみ)で鶴(つる)を折(お)る: to fold a paper crane
  • 折(お)り紙(がみ)用(よう)の色紙(いろがみ): origami paper

CROSS-REFERENCE:

  • The しきし reading (autograph board) is in entry 14765_shikishi.

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