Read Edit View history 只 zhǐzhī HSK2 only Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhǐ ×zhī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 只 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 隻 ×只 ×戠 ×衹 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 只 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 287, 703 ], [ 320, 676 ], [ 330, 654 ], [ 379, 417 ] ], [ [ 353, 699 ], [ 364, 689 ], [ 393, 688 ], [ 639, 731 ], [ 676, 718 ], [ 703, 689 ], [ 700, 676 ], [ 663, 556 ], [ 629, 523 ] ], [ [ 402, 447 ], [ 416, 463 ], [ 618, 493 ], [ 680, 495 ], [ 705, 485 ] ], [ [ 420, 290 ], [ 381, 284 ], [ 332, 219 ], [ 293, 179 ], [ 186, 96 ], [ 128, 66 ] ], [ [ 615, 342 ], [ 697, 269 ], [ 791, 173 ], [ 813, 140 ], [ 830, 88 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 343 702 Q 330 708 297 713 Q 284 717 279 711 Q 272 704 282 685 Q 319 607 340 481 Q 344 442 365 417 Q 386 392 392 410 Q 396 423 396 440 L 393 479 Q 369 596 362 665 C 359 695 359 696 343 702 Z", "M 681 517 Q 714 632 756 670 Q 777 691 759 712 Q 675 782 614 752 Q 509 719 343 702 C 313 699 332 661 362 665 Q 372 665 606 702 Q 633 708 643 696 Q 656 684 653 659 Q 640 580 622 518 C 614 489 672 488 681 517 Z", "M 396 440 Q 402 440 409 441 Q 502 460 701 474 Q 713 475 715 485 Q 716 494 682 517 L 681 517 L 622 518 Q 495 491 393 479 C 363 475 366 438 396 440 Z", "M 347 312 Q 329 225 118 70 Q 93 54 124 56 Q 203 60 352 196 Q 373 223 426 270 Q 439 283 437 293 Q 433 309 405 318 Q 374 331 360 328 Q 351 327 347 312 Z", "M 612 320 Q 696 230 794 102 Q 810 77 826 71 Q 836 68 845 79 Q 861 92 851 143 Q 845 194 745 266 Q 712 299 616 355 Q 607 362 603 348 Q 602 333 612 320 Z" ] } 5 strokes 只 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 283, 707 ], [ 331, 655 ], [ 381, 410 ] ], [ [ 344, 695 ], [ 636, 731 ], [ 682, 717 ], [ 712, 682 ], [ 636, 507 ] ], [ [ 388, 456 ], [ 709, 491 ] ], [ [ 357, 321 ], [ 385, 282 ], [ 332, 220 ], [ 215, 116 ], [ 115, 63 ] ], [ [ 611, 346 ], [ 778, 187 ], [ 838, 78 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M343,702C334,706 318,709 297,713C288,715 282,715 279,711C274,707 275,698 282,685C307,634 327,566 340,481C343,456 351,434 365,417C379,401 388,398 392,410C394,419 396,429 396,440C394,466 394,466 393,479C389,523 366,619 362,665C359,679 356,697 343,702Z", "M681,517C703,594 728,645 756,670C770,684 772,700 759,712C704,761 656,769 614,752C545,726 453,714 343,702C329,700 348,663 362,665C368,665 450,677 606,702C624,705 635,704 643,696C651,688 655,676 653,659C644,607 634,560 622,518C618,499 677,498 681,517Z", "M396,440C404,440 412,442 420,444C482,455 576,466 701,474C709,475 713,479 715,485C715,491 704,502 682,517C665,527 642,522 622,518C537,500 461,487 393,479C380,476 383,440 396,440Z", "M347,312C334,255 259,173 118,70C101,59 103,55 124,56C176,59 254,103 352,196C368,212 391,239 426,270C435,279 438,287 437,293C434,304 423,312 405,318C384,326 369,330 360,328C354,327 349,323 347,312Z", "M612,320C667,260 729,189 794,102C805,87 815,75 826,71C832,69 838,73 845,79C854,89 856,109 851,143C845,177 809,216 745,266C720,286 679,317 616,355C609,359 604,358 603,348C601,339 604,329 612,320Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.