Zi:隻
隻(S只) [zhī] (measure word): 一隻貓 a cat [huò]
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►²zhī 只[隻] {A} m. (for animals, vessels, some utensils, one of a pair of things) ◆b.f. single ►zhīzìwèití 只字未提
From 隹 (zhuī) ‘bird’ over 又 (yòu) ‘hand’.
“Single bird; one of a pair ...single piece” —Karlgren.
Compare 雙(双) shuāng, a pair of birds.
Among simple form characters, 只 is used instead of 隻.
►references: Guǎngyùn:518.20; Wieger:168g; Karlgren:AD1265a,GSR1260c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.4090.10; Lindqvist:99; Mathews:967; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1364.09
►components: 隹又
►Cantonese: jek-
<cdl char='隻' uni='96BB'>
<comp char='隹' uni='96B9' points='0,0 125,76' />
<comp char='又' uni='53C8' points='7,88 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='隹' uni='96B9'>
<stroke type='p' points='38,4 0,62' tail='long' />
<comp char='' uni='E8A1' points='30,0 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='E8A1' points='4,0 128,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='s' points='0,32 0,128' head='cut' />
<comp char='' uni='ED14' points='0,0 128,120' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='ED14' points='4,0 128,124' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='d' points='46,0 69,26' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,34 125,34' head='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,65 115,65' head='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,94 115,94' head='cut' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,34 64,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='又' uni='53C8' points='4,8 124,128'>
<stroke type='hp' points='22,0 102,0 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='n' points='28,4 128,128' head='cut' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+96BB
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