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只有

zhǐyǒu

only; have only

A person facing one open door
Memory picture

Characters in this word

只 zhǐ

Strokes
5
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 八 eight
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

有 yǒu

Strokes
6
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
𠂇 hand 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我只有一个。 Wǒ zhǐyǒu yí ge. I have just one.
  • 家里只有我。 Jiālǐ zhǐyǒu wǒ. I am the only one home.
  • 只有你知道。 Zhǐyǒu nǐ zhīdào. You alone know.

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