只 - zhǐ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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5 strokes
Simplified

只 ( 祇, 祇 )

zhǐ

Definition

only
just
merely

Other pronunciations

zhī

classifier (for birds and certain animals)
measure word

Character Decomposition

Compounds (13)

识

shí

to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]

积

jī

to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing

office; duty

to weave; to knit

to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious

枳

zhǐ

(orange); hedge thorn

flag

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

轵

zhǐ

end of axle outside of hub

识

zhì

to record; to write a footnote

胑

zhī

wings of birds; legs of animals

to display the teeth

if only; so long as; (contraction of 只 and 要)

Related words (16)

只好

zhǐ hǎo

the only alternative is (to); to have (to); might as well; without any better option; (to have) no choice (but); to be forced (to)

只得

zhǐ dé

to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to

只是

zhǐ shì

just; simply; merely; only; but

只有

zhǐ yǒu

only; only if; can only; to have no choice (but); alone; to have (to); to be forced (to)

只管

zhǐ guǎn

solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)

只能

zhǐ néng

can only; obliged to do (something); to have no other choice

只要

zhǐ yào

provided; as long as; if only; if; so long as

只读

zhǐ dú

read-only (computing)

只顾

zhǐ gù

solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect