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Translingual edit
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Han character edit
只 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口金 (RC), four-corner 60800, composition ⿱口八)
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №49
Derived characters edit
- 伿 呮 𡛰 帜 怾 抧 𣲵 𤝖 𬲬 枳 炽 𬋦 胑 𮁦 积 𧙋 𥿗(织) 䍉 𦐖 职 𧊄 䛊(识) 𧲻 𧵙 𨈪 軹(轵) 𠷓 鉙(𰽨) 𫖆 𩢢 𩨵 䳅(𱉙) 齞(𱌫)
- 𠙂 𨒅 𭣗 𣭓 咫 𧻍 㰨 𰍵 𫪉 𫪫 𩿦 𦭜 𩬫 㡶 疻 𰇨 𫪩 嘦 𠤴 𧧹 𣖌 䅩
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3239
- Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 570, character 3
- Unihan data for U+53EA
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
| Historical forms of the character 只 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) : airflow coming out of a mouth (口) – a modal particle.
Etymology 1 edit
| trad. | 只/衹*/祇*/祗* | |
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| simp. | 只 | |
| alternative forms | 秖 | |
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it is possibly Sino-Tibetan, relating it to Kamarupan ke, kʰe (“one”), which are perhaps related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kjaŋ (“single”), whence Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “single”), Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:, “single”) and Burmese ချည်း (hkyany:, “alone,only, just”).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
只
- only; just; simply; merely
- † originally; at first
Synonyms edit
- (only):
Compounds edit
- 不只 (bùzhǐ)
- 不圖打點，只圖混水／不图打点，只图混水
- 不怕官，只怕管 (bùpà guān, zhǐ pà guǎn)
- 不怕縣官，只怕現管／不怕县官，只怕现管
- 不管生癬生瘡，我只生癩／不管生癣生疮，我只生癞
- 不管講雞講鴨，我只講鵝／不管讲鸡讲鸭，我只讲鹅
- 世上無難事，只怕有心人／世上无难事，只怕有心人
- 僅只／仅只
- 只今 (zhǐjīn)
- 只可
- 只可意會，不可言傳／只可意会，不可言传 (zhǐ kě yìhuì, bù kě yánchuán)
- 只合
- 只在 (zhǐzài)
- 只好 (zhǐhǎo)
- 只待 (zhǐdài)
- 只得 (zhǐdé)
- 只怕 (zhǐpà)
- 只教 (zhǐjiào)
- 只是 (zhǐshì)
- 只會／只会
- 只有 (zhǐyǒu)
- 只有出的氣，沒有進的氣／只有出的气，没有进的气
- 只欠東風／只欠东风
- 只此一家，別無分店／只此一家，别无分店 (zhǐ cǐ yī jiā, bié wú fēndiàn)
- 只消 (zhǐxiāo)
- 只爭旦夕／只争旦夕
- 只甚
- 只當／只当
- 只知其一，不知其二
- 只知有己，不知有人
- 只管 (zhǐguǎn)
- 只索
- 只能 (zhǐnéng)
- 只要 (zhǐyào)
- 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針／只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 (zhǐyào gōngfu shēn, tiěchǔ mó chéng zhēn)
- 只見／只见 (zhǐjiàn)
- 只見樹木，不見森林／只见树木，不见森林 (zhǐjiànshùmù, bùjiànsēnlín)
- 只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈／只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 (zhǐ xǔ zhōuguān fànghuǒ, bùxǔ bǎixìng diǎndēng)
- 只認錢不認人／只认钱不认人
- 只道
- 只重衣衫不重人
- 只須／只须
- 只顧／只顾 (zhǐgù)
- 天下無難事，只怕有心人／天下无难事，只怕有心人 (tiānxià wú nánshì, zhǐpà yǒuxīnrén)
- 好漢只怕病來磨／好汉只怕病来磨
- 弱水三千，只取一瓢飲／弱水三千，只取一瓢饮 (ruòshuǐsānqiān, zhǐ qǔ yīpiáo yǐn)
- 敢只是
- 是非只為多開口／是非只为多开口
- 破蒸籠，只會撒氣／破蒸笼，只会撒气
- 萬事俱備，只欠東風／万事俱备，只欠东风 (wànshì jùbèi, zhǐ qiàn dōngfēng)
- 肐膊只折在袖子裡／肐膊只折在袖子里
- 英雄只怕病來磨／英雄只怕病来磨
- 蚊子遭扇打，只為嘴傷人／蚊子遭扇打，只为嘴伤人
- 豈只／岂只 (qǐzhǐ)
- 賊沒種，只怕哄／贼没种，只怕哄
- 逢人只說三分話／逢人只说三分话
Etymology 2 edit
| simp. and trad. |
只 | |
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| alternative forms | 茲／兹 Min | |
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
只
Synonyms edit
Compounds edit
Etymology 3 edit
| simp. and trad. |
只 | |
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
只
- † A modal particle.
Etymology 4 edit
| simp. and trad. |
只 | |
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
只
- † to do
Etymology 5 edit
| simp. and trad. |
只 | |
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Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
只
Etymology 6 edit
| simp. and trad. |
只 | |
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
只
- a surname
Etymology 7 edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 只 – see 隻 (“one bird; single; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 隻). |
Notes:
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Etymology 8 edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 只 – see 咫 (“unit of measurement during the Zhou dynasty, equal to eight cun/tsun; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 咫). |
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
只
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- only
- simply
- just
Readings edit
Definitions edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 只 |
| ただ Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 只 – see the following entry. | ||||
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| (This term, 只, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean edit
Hanja edit
只 (eum 지 (ji))
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Old Korean edit
Pronunciation edit
Conventionally reconstructed as *-k, after the Middle Korean reflexes.
Etymology 1 edit
Phonogram edit
只 (*-k)
- A consonantal phonogram denoting coda consonant *-k.
Etymology 2 edit
Particle edit
只 (*-k)
- An emphatic particle attached to the connective form of verbs.
Descendants edit
- Middle Korean: ㄱ (-k)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
只 (*ki-)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. It usually appears after other verbs, taking the honorific suffix 賜 (*-si), and appears to be some kind of auxiliary. It has no known Middle Korean reflex. Nam Pung-hyeon speculates whether it might be connected to or be a variant of 在 (*KYE-).
References edit
- 남풍현 [nampunghyeon] (2004) “시상의 조동사 '在/𠂇/겨'의 발달' [sisang'ui jodongsa 在/𠂇/gyeo- ui baldal, The development of the aspectual auxiliary kye-]”, in Gugeo gukmunhak, volume 138, pages 5—34
- 황선엽 (Hwang Seon-yeop) et al. (2009) 석독구결사전/釋讀口訣辭典 [Dictionary of interpretive gugyeol], Bakmunsa, →ISBN, pages 411—549
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
只: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, chích
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