个

See also: 個, 箇, 𠆤, 介, and 𖿰

个 U+4E2A, 个 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2A ← 丩 [U+4E29] CJK Unified Ideographs 丫 → [U+4E2B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

个 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+2, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 人中 (OL), four-corner 8020₀, composition ⿱𠆢丨)

Derived characters

• 𠮶, 𣃘, 𥾓, 𡗟, 𦣿, 𩠟, 𪬪, 𠁭, 𧱤, 𬽨, 𭨦, 𭩭, 𬻹, 𫠡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 70
• Dae Jaweon: page 158, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 103, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E2A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 个
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Variant of 箇 (“bamboo stalk”). Half of 竹 (“bamboo”). A variant is 亇. Compare Japanese ヶ.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 个 – see 個 (“single; alone; individual; height; build; stature; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 個).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

个

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. counter for articles
2. individual

Readings

• Go-on: か (ka)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Tō-on: こ (ko)

Korean

Hanja

个 (eumhun 낱 개 (nat gae))

1. small piece

Usage notes

The pronunciation 개 (gae) came from a confusion with 介. 个 is a variant of 個, and its pronunciation would have been 고 (go) as in 固, 凅, 痼, etc.

Vietnamese

Han character

个: Hán Việt readings: cá, cán
个: Nôm readings: cá

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