只

See also 衹, and 隻 (distinct characters in traditional Chinese and Japanese; merged into 只 in simplified Chinese)

Translingual

Han character

只 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口金 (RC), four-corner 6080₀, composition ⿱口八)

1. only, just, simply

References

• KangXi: page 172, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3239
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 570, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53EA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

只 (traditional 隻, jyutping zek3, zi2, Yale jek3, ji2)

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Japanese

Kanji

只

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: ただ (tada)

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Korean

Hanja

只 (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Noun

只 (simplified, Pinyin zhī (zhi1), traditional 隻)

1. measure word for one of a pair
2. measure word for certain animals, boats or containers

Compounds

• 只身
• 只言片语
• 只字不提

Adverb

只 (simplified, Pinyin zhǐ, traditional 衹 or 只)

1. only; merely

Compounds

• 只不过
• 只此一家，别无分店
• 只当
• 只得
• 只顾
• 只管
• 只好
• 只见树木，不见森林
• 只可意会，不可言传
• 只能
• 只怕
• 只求
• 只是
• 只限
• 只消
• 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯
• 只要
• 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
• 只争朝夕

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Vietnamese

Han character

只 (chỉ, chích)