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隻
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
只
🇨🇳

one of a pair

HSK 10 N1
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zhī
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Depicts a hand (又) holding a bird (隹). 隻 is used as a measure word for birds, as well as some other animals and objects.
Components
Traditional (隻)
隹 Short-Tailed Bird+ 又 again =
隻 one of a pair
隹 Meaning component
zhuī Short-Tailed Bird
bird
又 Meaning component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Depicts a hand.
Simplified (只)
口 mouth =
只 only
口
mouth
Notes
Similar Characters
雙 pair (trad)难 arduous (simp)奪 take by force (trad/jp)奮 exert oneself (trad/jp)寉 crane羅 silk gauze (trad/jp)進 advance (trad/jp)隺 crane隼 falcon隽 outstanding (simp)集 gather雈 owl雋 talented (trad)雔 match離 leave (trad/jp)准 allow (simp)倠 唯 solely堆 pile帷 curtain
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
隻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
只 / 隻 [zhī]
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
Japanese
隻 せき 同音

counter

  1. counter for ships
  2. counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen)
  3. archaic counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
二隻の船が同時に沈んだ。
The two ships went down at once.
Japanese Names
隻 すみお
Sumio unclassified name
隻 すみとし
Sumitoshi unclassified name
隻 すみひこ
Sumihiko unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
船只 [chuán​zhī] #10,956
ship
只身 [zhī​shēn] #23,862
alone
只字不提 [zhī​zì​bù​tí] #24,432
not to mention (idiom); to say not one word
舰只 [jiàn​zhī] #53,019
warship
形单影只 [xíng​dān​yǐng​zhī] #26,817
lonely soul
三只手 [sān​zhī​shǒu] #47,036
pickpocket
别具只眼 [bié​jù​zhī​yǎn] #72,758
see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[dú​jù​zhī​yǎn]
大只 [dà​zhī]
big
孤身只影 [gū​shēn​zhī​yǐng] #69,749
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
斗酒只鸡 [dǒu​jiǔ​zhī​jī]
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
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JAPANESE WORDS (15)
一隻 [いっせき] #20,381
one boat
隻眼 [せきがん] #29,530
one eye
隻腕 [せきわん] #44,419
one arm
数隻 [すうせき] #57,724
several (boats)
隻手 [せきしゅ] #113,332
one hand
片言隻句 [へんげんせきく] #153,429
few words
隻脚 [せっきゃく] #181,528
one-legged
片言隻語 [へんげんせきご] #198,024
(not even) a few words
隻影 [せきえい] #234,985
a glimpse of an object's outlines
隻句 [せっく] #260,112
a few words
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