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只

only
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingただ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. onlyRtK
    彼は混乱の真っ只中にあっても冷静だ。He is cool amid confusion.tatoeba
    只今、僕は旅立ちの日に向けて修業中です。Right now I'm training in preparation for the day we set off.tatoeba
  2. free
  3. in addition
  1. ordinary
  2. common
  3. usual
  4. free of charge
  5. unaffected

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
How it's built
只
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 55

Compound words

只今ただいま
I'm home!; I'm back!; it's me!; now; at present
只々ただただ
absolutely
只にただに
merely
只管ひたすら
intently
只者ただもの
ordinary person
只只ただただ
absolutely
只中ただなか
middle
まっ只中まっただなか
right in the midst of
真っ只中まっただなか
right in the midst of
只ならぬただならぬ
unusual

Additional Examples

只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。
Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.tatoeba
僕らは青春の真っ只中だ。
We are in the heyday of youth.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 只

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step