只 (zhǐ, zhī) — Chinese Character

只

zhǐ, zhī

only; merely; just; but; (zhī) single; one of a pair; classifier for animals, boats, containers etc

Radical: 口 HSK 2 d, q ideographic

Components & Etymology

只 decomposes into the following components:

口八

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 只.

不只

bù zhǐ

not only

只好

zhǐ hǎo

without any better option

只当

zhǐ dàng

只得

zhǐ dé

to have no alternative but to

只怕

zhǐ pà

I'm afraid that...

只是

zhǐ shì

merely

只有

zhǐ yǒu

only

只消

zhǐ xiāo

只管

zhǐ guǎn

solely engrossed in one thing

只能

zhǐ néng

can only

只要

zhǐ yào

if only

只见

zhǐ jiàn

to see (the same thing) over and over again

Characters that share the radical 口.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.