漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
只: only, free
Also: in addition
JLPT N15 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 八 is drawn in
5 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ただtada · kun'yomi · on its own
- 只今ただいまI'm home!; I'm back!; it's me!
- 只中ただなかmiddle; center; heart
- 只者ただものordinary person
Also read シ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side只 only · 八
vs史 history · 乂In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhǐ
Same form: 只 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 只 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 只 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǐ most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 只 also stands for 隻 (vessels, counter for ships), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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