Mnemonic comic for 只
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like something (a head?) on two legs. I'll just represent it by a cuttlefish (只). James II of England (zh) has been in the space station (Ø3) as the only (只) one for too long and went mad. He thinks he's holding a mandarin (口), but he's just about to bite into merely (只) an eight ball (八). On the top of his head is a cuttlefish (只) he mistook for a hat.
All translations for 只
only / merely / just / but
variant of 只[zhi3]
grain that has begun to ripen
variant of 只[zhi3]
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
Comments
只 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
eight; 8