仅仅
jǐnjǐn · HSK 3
solely
仅 + 仅 = only + only; reduplicated for emphasis: 'only, only'
仅 means 'only/merely'. Doubling it to 仅仅 intensifies the restriction — strictly nothing more. Common in formal writing where 只 feels too casual.
仅 — 亻 person + 又 hand (right side 仅 simplified from 僅)
仅 is the simplified form of 僅. The traditional 僅 combines the person radical 亻 with 堇 (clay/scant), which carried the phonetic value and a sense of scarcity. Over time it came to mean 'only' or 'merely', and the simplified 仅 replaces 堇 with the simpler 又 (hand).
仅 — 亻 person + 又 hand (right side 仅 simplified from 僅)
仅 is the simplified form of 僅. The traditional 僅 combines the person radical 亻 with 堇 (clay/scant), which carried the phonetic value and a sense of scarcity. Over time it came to mean 'only' or 'merely', and the simplified 仅 replaces 堇 with the simpler 又 (hand).