个

个 · gè

numerary adjunct, piece; single

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

numerary adjunct, piece; single

Mandarin
gè
Cantonese
go3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 个 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

カコカン

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

カ コ カン

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

cá

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

cá

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+4E2A
Radical
丨 · 2
Strokes
3 · Unihan
Residual
2

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

3 strokes
个
Strokes
3
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

3 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱𠆢丨(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 个

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Sentence context · 3 matches

我挺喜欢那个歌手的。

I like that singer a lot.
Source, contributors & licenses

Mandarin: Tatoeba #395055 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · Text editors: GlossaMatik · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #395054 · Original contributor: CK · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log

Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.

Sentence entry · words & provenance ↗
Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kaH · 古賀 反切 · #2823

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 15337 · kaH = 果開一去歌見

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
gè
kCantonese
go3
kDefinition
numerary adjunct, piece; single
kTotalStrokes
3
kRSUnicode
2.2
kTraditionalVariant
U+4E2A U+500B
kSimplifiedVariant
U+4E2A
kTGH
2013:45

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
gè,gàn 10103.010
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
gě 0373.090 · gè 0373.120
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
gě 111.100 · gè 111.160
Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
gè(11693) ge(1891) gě(18)
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 3 examples using 个 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
135dictionary records using 个0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𠆢 above 丨 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱𠆢丨$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 135 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𠆢丨$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.