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 ⿱𠆢丨)

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

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