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隻

zhǐ, zhī

only

Depicts a hand (又) holding a bird (隹). 隻 is used as a measure word for birds, as well as some other animals and objects.

Components
隹 meaning component

隹  Meaning component

zhuī

  

bird

又 meaning component

又  Meaning component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

隻 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
隻 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
隻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

只 (隻) 

zhī

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

Most common words with 隻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

只

only

只是

merely

只要

if only

只能

can only

只不过

only

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tek

tsyek

zhī

single


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 99.9199% of movies

71st most common character in movies

97th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

只

Unicode

U+96BB

Shuowen

“隻，鳥一枚也。从又持隹。持一隹曰隻，二隹曰雙。”


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