Korean paper

Korean paper
Korean name
Hangul	한지
Hanja	韓紙
Revised Romanization	hanji
McCune–Reischauer	hanji

Korean paper or hanji (Korean: 한지) refers to traditional handmade paper from Korea.^[1][2] Hanji is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera; 닥; dak), a tree native to Korea that grows well on its rocky mountainsides. Another crucial material used in its creation is the mucilage that oozes from the roots of Hibiscus manihot. This substance helps suspend the individual fibers in water.

Traditional hanji is made in laminated sheets using the we bal method (a sheet formation technique), which allows for multi-directional grain.^[3] The process of creating hanji also employs dochim, a method of pounding finished sheets to compact fibers and lessen ink bleed.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}