衹

See also: 只

Translingual

Han character

衹 (radical 145 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中竹女心 (LHVP), four-corner 3224₀, composition ⿰衤氏)

1. only, merely, but

References

• KangXi: page 1112, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3079, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8879

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Chinese

		-
trad.		衹
simp.		只

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ, qí (zhi³, qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ, ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (衹, reconstructed)
Character (衹), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 章移切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕiᴇ/	/t͡ɕie̯/	/t͡ɕie/	/t͡ɕiɛ/	/ciə̆/	/t͡ɕǐe/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Character (衹), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 巨支切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiᴇ/	/gie̯/	/ɡie/	/ɡiɛ/	/giə̆/	/ɡǐe/	/ɡjɛ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (衹, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
衹					11514					氏					支					0					支					/*kje/
衹					11527					氏					支					0					祇					/*ɡe/

Adverb

衹

1. only; merely; just

   我祇去過那裡一次。 [MSC, trad.]

   我祇去过那里一次。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ qí qù guò nàlǐ yī cì. [Pinyin]

   I' ve only been there once.

   湯裡祇放了一點兒胡椒粉。 [MSC, trad.]

   汤里祇放了一点儿胡椒粉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāng lǐ qí fàng le yīdiǎnr hújiāo fěn. [Pinyin]

   There was just a hint of pepper in the soup.

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Japanese

Kanji

衹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: き (ki), ぎ (gi), し (shi), てい (tei), たい (tai)
• Kun: たまたま (tamatama)