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只 — stroke order
Watch how to write 只 (zhī) stroke by stroke. 只 has 5 strokes and means “only”. It appears in common words such as 只有 (only) and 只要 (if only). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 只
The most common words that use 只 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
只有zhǐyǒuonly只要zhǐyàoif only只是zhǐshìmerely只好zhǐhǎowithout any better option只不過zhǐbuguòonly只不过zhǐbùguòit's just that ...
How 只 is written
- Radical
- 口
- Components
- 口 ＋ 八
- Formation
- Ideographic — Simple words 八 coming from the mouth 口.