只

只 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口金 (RC), four-corner 6080₀, composition ⿱口八)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №49

• 伿 呮 咫 嘦 帜 怾 抧 枳 炽 疻 积 职 胑 軹(轵) 鉙(𰽨) 齞(𱌫) 㡶 㰨 䅩 䍉 䛊(识) 䳅(𱉙) 𠙂 𠤴 𠷓 𡛰 𣖌 𣭓 𣲵 𤝖 𥿗(织) 𦐖 𦭜 𧊄 𧙋 𧧹 𧲻 𧵙 𧻍 𨈪 𨒅 𩢢 𩨵 𩬫 𩿦 𫖆 𫪉 𫪩 𫪫 𬋦 𬲬 𭣗 𮁦 𰇨 𰍵

• KangXi: page 172, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3239
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 570, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53EA

Pictogram (象形) : airflow coming out of a mouth (口) – a modal particle.

Schuessler (2007) suggests that it is possibly Sino-Tibetan, relating it to Kamarupan ke, kʰe (“one”), which are perhaps related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kjaŋ (“single”), whence Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “single”), Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:, “single”).

只

1. only; just; simply; merely

   我只去過一次。／我只去过一次。  ―  Wǒ zhǐ qù guò yī cì.  ―  I've only been there once.

   湯裡只放了一點兒胡椒粉。 [MSC, trad.]
   汤里只放了一点儿胡椒粉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāng lǐ zhǐ fàng le yīdiǎnr hújiāofěn. [Pinyin]

   There was just a hint of pepper in the soup.

   一日到夜只曉得吃、吃、吃，事體末一眼也勿會得做。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   一日到夜只晓得吃、吃、吃，事体末一眼也勿会得做。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   [i̯ɪʔ³³ n̠ʲi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵ tɔ³³ ɦia̱²¹ t͡səʔ⁴⁴  ɕiɔ³³ təʔ⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ tʰi⁵⁵ məʔ²¹ i̯ɪʔ³³ ŋe̞⁴⁴ ɦa̱²³ v̥əʔ¹¹ ɯe̞²² təʔ²³ t͡sv̩ʷ³⁴] [IPA]

   The only thing [you] do all day is eat, and yet you do nothing important.

2. ^† originally; at first

• (only):

只

1. (literary or Min) this

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

只

1. ^† A modal particle.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

只

1. ^† to do

只

1. ^† Progressive particle, akin to 著／着 (zhe). [Yuan–Ming]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

只

1. a surname

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. only
2. simply
3. just

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: ただ (tada, 只)

只 (eum 지 (ji))

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Conventionally reconstructed as *-k, after the Middle Korean reflexes.

只 (*-k)

1. A consonantal phonogram denoting coda consonant *-k.

只 (*-k)

1. An emphatic particle attached to the connective form of verbs.

• Middle Korean: ㄱ (-k)

只 (*ki-)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. It usually appears after other verbs, taking the honorific suffix 賜 (*-si), and appears to be some kind of auxiliary. It has no known Middle Korean reflex. Nam Pung-hyeon speculates whether it might be connected to or be a variant of 在 (*KYE-).

• 남풍현 (2004), “시상의 조동사 '在/𠂇/겨'의 발달' [The development of the aspectual auxiliary kye-]”, in Gugeo gukmunhak, volume 138, pages 5—34
• 황선엽 (Hwang Seon-yeop) et al. (2009) 석독구결사전/釋讀口訣辭典 [Dictionary of interpretive gugyeol], Bakmunsa, →ISBN, pages 411—549

只: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, chích

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