■ radical

zhī

only

How it’s built

Origin unclear. In simplified Chinese 只 is also used to mean "[measure word]", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 隻.

Appears in

Characters that use 只 as a component, most common first.

识shíknowledge 织zhīto knit 职zhíduty 积jīto store up 帜zhìflag 炽chìto burn 咫zhǐunit of length used during the Zhou dynasty