zhǐ, zhī
only
Origin unclear. In simplified Chinese, in addition to the meaning "only", 只 is also used as a measure word. In traditional Chinese this meaning is written as 隻.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Statistics
HSK level 2
Appears in 99.9199% of movies
71st most common character in movies
97th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+53EA |
Shuowen | “只,語已詞也。从口,象氣下引之形。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.149-150
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