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CHINESE CHARACTER

jǐn

仅

仅

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Numbered pinyin
jin3
English meanings
scantily, simply, alone, merely, barely, only, but, just

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 又.

Meaning & sound clues

亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰亻又

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    jǐn仅yǒu有yī一gèrén个人。

    Only one person.

  2. 02

    jǐn仅cǐ此éryǐ而已。

    That's all.

  3. 03

    tā他jǐn仅qù去guò过yī一cì次。

    He's only been once.

  4. 04

    bùjǐn不仅zhèyàng这样。

    Not only this.

  5. 05

    jǐn仅gōng供cānkǎo参考。

    For reference only.

  6. 06

    jǐn仅kào靠zhè这gè个bùgòu不够。

    Only this isn't enough.

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