仅
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barely; only; merely
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 人 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 仅
- Common rank
- #2,849
- Unicode
- U+4EC5
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
merely · Heisig RSH #811
人 person + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 仅
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绝无仅有 | one and only (idiom); rarely seen; unique of its kind | |
| 不仅如此 | not only that, but ... | |
| 仅作参考 | for reference only | |
| 仅次于 | second only to ...; ranking behind only ... | |
| 仅供参考 | for reference only | |
| 当且仅当 | if and only if | |
| 仅此而已 | (idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more | |
| 不仅 | not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) | |
| 硕果仅存 | only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant | |
| 仅存 | to be the only one(s) remaining; to be the only one(s) surviving | |
| 不仅仅 | not only; not just | |
| 仅供 | only for | |
| 仅仅 | barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more) |