隻

隻 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人土水 (OGE) or X人土水 (XOGE), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿱隹又)

• 𬿈, 𭂙, 𫫊, 愯, 㨦, 𣺦, 𪯩, 𣉲, 㸕, 𪼌, 𬑠, 𮀺, 𬓏, 𮖤, 𥻬, 𮈳, 䑾, 𥛭, 謢, 𮔺, 𪯰, 𮧽, 𣄥, 𩹹, 𫤑, 𪒊, 𩁦
• 䨇, 𬯰, 𬷩, 𠔟, 𡙜, 蒦, 篗, 䨥, 𩀝, 矍, 𮚮, 𢊄, 𤹆, 𰯪, 𣡀, 𥤙, 𥌍, 𫉬, 𥨦, 𫊆, 𮒗, 𧃀, 𮓈

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1364, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41941
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4090, character 10
• Unihan data for U+96BB

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 隹 (“bird”) + 又 (“hand”).

To hold one bird is 隻; to hold two birds is 雙.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik (“one”).

隻

1. ^† one bird
2. single

   隻字不提／只字不提  ―  zhīzìbùtí  ―  to not say a single word

3. ^† (mathematics) odd
4. ^† alone
5. ^† unique
6. Classifier for one of a pair. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   See also: 雙, 對

   一隻鞋，一雙鞋／一只鞋，一双鞋  ―  yī zhī xié, yī shuāng xié  ―  a shoe, a pair of shoes

7. Classifier for certain animals.

   一隻貓／一只猫  ―  yī zhī māo  ―  a cat

   兩隻豬／两只猪 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng⁵ zek³ zyu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  two pigs

   • 我親像一隻離水的魚 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我亲像一只离水的鱼 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai], 離水的魚

     góa chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t chiah lī chúi ê hî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I am like a fish away from water

8. Classifier for body parts.

   昆蟲有六隻腳。／昆虫有六只脚。  ―  Kūnchóng yǒu liù zhī jiǎo.  ―  Insects have six legs.

9. Classifier for boats and certain vessels.

   四隻船／四只船  ―  sì zhī chuán  ―  four boats

10. (dialectal, humorous or derogatory) Classifier for people. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
11. (Cantonese) Classifier for kinds or varieties.

    呢隻雪糕太甜喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢只雪糕太甜喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ni¹ zek³ syut³ gou¹ taai³ tim⁴ laa³. [Jyutping]

    This sort of ice cream is too sweet.

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    犬隻、鼠隻／犬只、鼠只  ―  quǎnzhī, shǔzhī  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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• “隻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひとつ (hitotsu, 隻つ)

隻(せき) • (-seki) 

1. boats or ships

   一(いっ)隻(せき)

   isseki

   one ship

2. one of two, one of a pair
3. birds, fish, or arrows

隻 • (cheok) (hangeul 척, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏk, Yale chek)

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隻: Hán Nôm readings: chiếc, chếch, chệch, chích, xếch, xệch, chỉ

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