个

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See also: 個, 箇, 𠆤, 介, and 𖿰
个 U+4E2A, 个
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2A
← 丩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丫 →

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

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”).

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:

Japanese

Kanji

个

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. counter for articles
  2. individual

Readings

Korean

Hanja

个 (eumhun 낱 개 (nat gae))

  1. small piece

Usage notes

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

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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