jǐn

only

Simplified from . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

又 simplified component

  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Evolution

仅 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
仅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
仅 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
仅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jǐn

only, merely, solely, just; barely; only; merely

Most common words with 仅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

barely

不仅

not only (this one)

仅仅

barely

仅次于

second only to...

不仅如此

not only that, but ...

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 48.1339% of movies

751st most common character in movies

494th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

Unicode

U+4EC5

Shuowen

“付,與也。从寸,持物對人。”


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