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<WL>只 [zhǐ] only  [zhī] (F隻) (measure word): 一只猫 a cat
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<WL>只 [zhǐ] only  [zhī] (F隻) (量词) measure word (一只猫 ‘a cat’, 三只鸡 ‘three chickens’)@@; (HDZ:) …
 
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A 口 (kǒu) mouth with 八 (bā) two lines issuing from it, signifying ‘only’ — in traditional top-to-bottom writing, the two strokes point to the words which follow, perhaps to indicate the limited scope of those words, as the two strokes in 小 mean ‘small’. 《说文》 says 八 is “气下引之形”, the shape of qì breath (or vital energy) leading downwards.
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The character 只 zhǐ ‘only’ is an old form (with various old usages), also used in place of 隻 zhī (measure word); today 只 replaces 隻 among simple-form characters (except as a component, cf. 隻).
The measure word 只() zhī has a different origin; the full form 隻 is 隹 (zhuī) ‘bird’ over 又 (yòu) ‘hand’: “single bird; one of a pair ...single piece” —Karlgren. Compare 双() shuāng, a pair of birds.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 只(􀘅) zhǐ ‘(final part.) finished/exclamation’ combines 口(􀌼) kǒu ‘mouth’ (spoken gr. funct. word), and 八(􀋮) bā ‘distinguish’ (as in , 分别).
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Note: () (柏舟) 母也天只、不諒人只 “O mother, O Heaven, Why will you not understand me?” (Legge)
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Compare: 双/雙(􀨟) shuāng ‘pair of birds’.
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Note: As a component in simplified characters, 只 usually replaces 戠, but in one case replaces 責.
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Compare: 帜/幟, 炽/熾, 织/織, 职/職, 识/識; 积/積.
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HDZ: 只 : zhǐ : (语气词) (终结, 感叹 (cf. 只且); 限止, 耳; …); (代词) 這; 咫; (姓); 作/做 (cf. 制); (副词) (只, 仅; 就; 本, 本来); (助词) 着 • zhī : (简体) 隻
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Latest revision as of 02:29, 23 October 2018

[zhǐ] only [zhī] (F​) (​) measure word (​只​ ‘a cat’, ​只​ ‘three chickens’); (HDZ:) …

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹zhǐ* [-/​] {A} adv. only; merelyWọ̌ ∼ qùguo yị̄ cì. 我∼去过一次。 I've been there only once.
²zhī [​] {A} m. (for animals, vessels, some utensils, one of a pair of things)b.f. single ►zhīzìwèití 只字未提

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The character 只 zhǐ ‘only’ is an old form (with various old usages), also used in place of ​ zhī (measure word); today 只 replaces ​ among simple-form characters (except as a component, cf. ​).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 只 zhǐ ‘(final part.) finished/exclamation’ combines ​ kǒu ‘mouth’ (spoken gr. funct. word), and ​ bā ‘distinguish’ (as in ​, ​).
    Note: (​) (​) ​只、​只 “O mother, O Heaven, Why will you not understand me?” (Legge)
    Compare: ​/​ shuāng ‘pair of birds’.
    Note: As a component in simplified characters, 只 usually replaces ​, but in one case replaces ​.
    Compare: ​/​, ​/​, ​/​, ​/​, ​/​; ​/​.
    HDZ: 只 : zhǐ : (​) (​, ​ (cf. 只​); ​, ​; …); (​) ​; ​; (​); ​/​ (cf. ​); (​) (只, ​; ​; ​, ​); (​) ​ • zhī : (​) ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:040.38,240.27; Wieger:72a,168g; Karlgren:AD1213,1265a,GSR865a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.570.3; Mathews:946; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:172.05; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:015.0.08; Wáng(1993):68; EDOC:1
►components:
►Cantonese: jek-
►stroke 只 (... strokes)   
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Unicode: U+53EA
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