个

See also: 個, 箇, and 介

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

个 (radical 2, 丨+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL), four-corner 8020₀, composition ⿱人丨)

Derived characters

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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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 (“piece; item; individual; height; build; stature; etc.”). (This character, 个, is the simplified and variant traditional 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.

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Japanese

Kanji

个

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. counter for articles
2. individual

Readings

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

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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, etc.