衹 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zhǐ, qí

only

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound. Variant form of 緹.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī

clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

氏 Sound component

shì, zhī

clan

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhǐ

only, merely, but

qí

variant of 祇, earth-spirit; peace

zhǐ

variant of 只[zhǐ]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3736th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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