个
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Translingual
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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 | ||
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| 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.
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:
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Japanese
Kanji
个
Readings
Korean
Hanja
- 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.
Vietnamese
Han character
个: Hán Việt readings: cá, cán
个: Nôm readings: cá
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