漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
隻: vessels, counter for ships
Also: fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
隹 carries the meaning · 又 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
セキseki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 隻眼せきがんone eye, knowledgeable person
- 隻手せきしゅone arm, one hand
- 一隻いっせきone boat, one ship
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at those folded wings and that sturdy little body! This is the bird that rests on the garden branches and chirps at dawn.”
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隻 vessels · 又
vs准 quasi- · 冫In ChineseSimplified 只 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 隻; mainland China simplifies it to 只.
- Simplified
- 只 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 隻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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