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<WL>隻 [zhī] (S只) (量词) measure word (一隻貓 ‘a cat’)@@  [huò] 蒦/獲: 擒获
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<WL>隻 [zhī] (S只) (量词) measure word (一隻貓 ‘a cat’, 三隻雞 ‘three chickens’)@@; (HDZ:) … [huò] 蒦/獲: 擒获
From 隹 (zhuī) ‘bird’ over 又 (yòu) ‘hand’.
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The full-form character 隻 zhī (measure word) is an old form, formerly also wr. 只 zhī (measure word); today 隻 is always replaced by 只 among simple-form characters (cf. 只 zhǐ ‘only’, not usually wr. 隻).
“Single bird; one of a pair ...single piece” —Karlgren.
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Note: The much older usage 隻 huò ‘catch/capture’ is inferred from inscriptions in which old forms like 隻 are assoc. with forms later wr. 蒦(􀧰), 獲(􁬏) huò.
Compare 雙() shuāng, a pair of birds.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 隻(􀦺) zhī ‘(catch/hold) a single bird’ combines 又 (yòu) ‘hand’, and 隹(􀦸) zhuī ‘short-tailed bird’ (phonosemantic).
Among simple form characters, 只 is used instead of 隻.
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Compare: 双/雙(􀨟) shuāng ‘a pair (of birds)’.
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“Single bird; one of a pair ...single piece” —Karlgren(AD).
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Note: Among simple form characters, only 只 is used (只 replaces the full form zhī, and is also read 只 zhǐ).
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HDZ: 隻 : huò : 蒦/獲: 擒获 • zhī : 鸟一只 (SW); 单 (ant. 对, cf. 雙); 孤独, 独; 独特; (量词) (三只鸡, 两只兔子; 两只箱子, 三只船; …); 雙 (shuāng): 两, 一对
 
#rG.518.20 W.168g K.AD1265a,GSR1260c D.6.4090.10 L.99 M.967 KX..1364.09 E.1
 
#rG.518.20 W.168g K.AD1265a,GSR1260c D.6.4090.10 L.99 M.967 KX..1364.09 E.1
 
#c隹又
 
#c隹又
 
#y jek-
 
#y jek-
 
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Latest revision as of 02:51, 23 October 2018

[zhī] (S​) (​) measure word (​隻​ ‘a cat’, ​隻​ ‘three chickens’); (HDZ:) … [huò] ​/​: ​

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

²zhī [​] {A} m. (for animals, vessels, some utensils, one of a pair of things)b.f. single ►zhīzìwèití 只字未提

The full-form character 隻 zhī (measure word) is an old form, formerly also wr. ​ zhī (measure word); today 隻 is always replaced by ​ among simple-form characters (cf. ​ zhǐ ‘only’, not usually wr. 隻).
    Note: The much older usage 隻 huò ‘catch/capture’ is inferred from inscriptions in which old forms like 隻 are assoc. with forms later wr. ​, ​ huò.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 隻 zhī ‘(catch/hold) a single bird’ combines ​ (yòu) ‘hand’, and ​ zhuī ‘short-tailed bird’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​/​ shuāng ‘a pair (of birds)’.
    “Single bird; one of a pair ...single piece” —Karlgren(AD).
    Note: Among simple form characters, only ​ is used (​ replaces the full form 隻 zhī, and is also read ​ zhǐ).
    HDZ: 隻 : huò : ​/​: ​ • zhī : ​ (SW); ​ (ant. ​, cf. ​); ​, ​; ​; (​) (​, ​; ​, ​; …); ​ (shuāng): ​, ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:518.20; Wieger:168g; Karlgren:AD1265a,GSR1260c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.4090.10; Lindqvist:99; Mathews:967; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1364.09; EDOC:1
►components:
►Cantonese: jek-
►stroke 隻 (... strokes)   
►list characters containing 隻 as a component
►list words containing 隻 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+96BB
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