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Kanji Detail for 隻 - "single, one of pair, counter"

  • Meaning

    隻 means "single, one of pair, counter."

    1. One of a pair - One half of a set of two; a single item from a matched pair.

    2. Counter - A word used to count ships, birds, fish, and other items typically counted singly.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    single, one of pair, lone; measure word

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    only, merely, just

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A single item is called 隻. As in 形單影隻 (lonely in form and shadow). | Used for counting objects. As in colloquially 一隻 (one), 兩隻 (two).
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Sentences including

  • There was a ship sailing on the sea.

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