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For other uses, see Paper (disambiguation). Paper products: Book, toilet paper, Ruled paper, carton, egg box Paper "Paper" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters Traditional Chinese 紙 Simplified Chinese 纸 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zhǐ IPA [ʈʂɨ̀] Wu Suzhounese tsỳ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization jí Jyutping zi2 Southern Min Hokkien POJ choá Tâi-lô tsuá Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets. It is a versatile material with many uses, including writing, printing, packaging, cleaning, and a number of industrial and construction processes. The pulp papermaking process is said to have been developed in China during the early 2nd century CE, possibly as early as the year 105 CE, [1] by the Han court eunuch Cai Lun, although the earliest archaeological f...