Zi:只
只 [zhǐ] only [zhī] (F隻) (measure word): 一只猫 a cat
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹zhǐ* 只[-/祇] {A} adv. only; merely ‖ Wọ̌ ∼ qùguo yị̄ cì. 我∼去过一次。 I've been there only once.
►²zhī 只[隻] {A} m. (for animals, vessels, some utensils, one of a pair of things) ◆b.f. single ►zhīzìwèití 只字未提
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.
The measure word 只(隻) 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(雙) shuāng, a pair of birds.
►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
►components: 口八
►Cantonese: jek-
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