個

See also: 个

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl.		个
trad.		個

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 + phonetic 固

Alternative forms

• 箇

Han character

個 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人田十口 (OWJR), four-corner 2620₀, composition ⿰亻固)

1. numerary adjunct, piece
2. single

Descendants

• 个

References

• KangXi: page 107, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 758
• Dae Jaweon: page 228, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 178, character 3
• Unihan data for U+500B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

個 (simplified 个, Jyutping go3, Yale go3)

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Hakka

Hanzi

個 (POJ kè, kài, Guangdong kai⁵, ke⁵, ka⁵ [Meixian], kai⁵ [Hailu, Kwangtung], kai⁵, ke⁵ [Siyan], kai⁵, ko⁵ [Bao'an], ko⁵ [Dongguan, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim go4)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

個

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: こ (ko), か (ka)
• Kun: こ (ko)

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Korean

Hanja

個 (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae)

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Mandarin

simpl.		个
trad.		個 or 箇

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin gè Zhuyin ㄍㄜˋ IPA (key) /kɤ⁵¹/ Audio (file)

Hanzi

個 (simplified 个, Pinyin gè (ge4), Wade-Giles ko⁴)

Classifier

個 (traditional, Pinyin gè, traditional 個 or 箇, simplified 个)

1. the most commonly used measure word. Often used in place of all other measure words, particularly when the correct measure word is not known by the speaker.

Noun

個 (traditional, Pinyin gè, simplified 个)

1. individual

   個人 an individual; 個别 individual, respective; 個体 individuality

2. size

   個儿 size; 個子 height, stature

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Vietnamese

Han character

個 (cá, cái)

References

• Nom Foundation