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Kanji Detail for 只 - "only, free"

只

  • Meaning

    只 means "only, free." Also associated with particle.

    1. Only - Just; merely; expressing limitation.

    2. Particle - Adjusting tone in sentences.

    3. Free - Without cost; gratis.

  • Four-character idioms with 只

    • 只管打坐 しかんたざ Listen shikantaza

  • Tattoo check: 只

    • Verified meaning: only, free
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read し, しん, ただ)
    • Also carries these associations: particle

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 只

    Surnames 只(し)Listen 只(しん)Listen 只(ただ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    only; free; in addition

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    only, just, simply

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 隻|只[zhi1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    only, merely, just

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

    A particle. (Book of Odes) "Happy only is the gentleman."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tada(ただ) ただ

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    only particle free just merely solely exclusively simply alone single nothing but purely gratis

Sentences including 只

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