Measure word
- 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Cookie的母親死於癌症。
Cookie's mother died of cancer.
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Julia的母语是意大利语。
Julia's native language is Italian.
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Lucy是被她的祖父母养大的。
Lucy was brought up by her grandparents.
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上周六,因为我母亲病了,我无法离开家。
I was unable to leave home last Saturday, with my mother being ill.
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不好意思,我母亲不在家。
I'm sorry, my mother's not at home.
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今天早上我祖母寄出了这封信。
My grandmother posted the letter this morning.
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他们不是我的父母。
They aren't my parents.