- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 八(scatter; divide)ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth producing just one sound that disperses away represents the meaning "only one."
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只知其一，不知其二
只知其一，不知其二
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
- ，。
You know only one side of it, not the other.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 甘(sweet; pleased)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; point to)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(eight; divide)RADICAL
Originally a picture of a rice sieve, it now serves as a pronoun meaning "that" or "it" in classical language.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)ASSOCIATIVE
Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.
只知其一，不知其二
Traditional只
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
- ，。
You know only one side of it, not the other.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
- 八(scatter; divide)ASSOCIATIVE
A mouth producing just one sound that disperses away represents the meaning "only one."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 甘(sweet; pleased)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; point to)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(eight; divide)RADICAL
Originally a picture of a rice sieve, it now serves as a pronoun meaning "that" or "it" in classical language.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(number two; two horizontal strokes)ASSOCIATIVE
Two parallel horizontal strokes symbolize the number two.
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