Chinese Character Wiki
只

zhǐ, zhī

only

Origin unclear. In simplified Chinese, in addition to the meaning "only", 只 is also used as a measure word. In traditional Chinese this meaning is written as 隻.

Evolution

只 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
只 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
只 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

只  

zhǐ

only; merely; just; but

只 (隻) 

zhī

single, one of pair, lone; classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

只 (祇) 

zhǐ

variant of 只[zhǐ]

只 (秖) 

zhǐ

grain that has begun to ripen; variant of 衹|只[zhǐ]

Most common words with 只
Freq.
Word
Meaning

只

only

只是

merely

只要

if only

只能

can only

只不过

only

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (4 verified)

识 织 职 积 帜 炽 咫 枳 轵

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 99.9199% of movies

71st most common character in movies

97th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

隻

Unicode

U+53EA

Shuowen

“只，語已詞也。从口，象氣下引之形。”


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