Chinese Character Wiki
个

gè

[measure word]

Pictograph of one stalk of bamboo. Same as one half of the character for bamboo (竹).

Evolution

个 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
个 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
个 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

个 (個) 

gè

numerary adjunct, piece; single; individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general

个 (箇) 

gè

variant of 個|个[gè]

Most common words with 个
Freq.
Word
Meaning

个

this

这个

this

那个

that one

个人

individual

整个

whole

Component uses

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

支

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤa[r]-s

kaH

gè

tally, piece, item


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9840% of movies

14th most common character in movies

12th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

個

Unicode

U+4E2A


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