zhǐ

only

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Variant form of .

Components
衤 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

is a component form of .

氏 sound component

  Sound component

shìzhī

  

clan

Evolution

衹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
衹 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
衹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhǐ

only, merely, but

 

variant of , earth-spirit; peace

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zhǐ

variant of [zhǐ]