Chinese Character Wiki
各

gè

each

Original meaning: 

arrive

Depicts a foot (夂) arriving at an entrance (口). Based on the original meaning "arrive". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
夂 iconic component

夂  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

go

夂 is a component form of 止, which depicts a foot.

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Depicts an entrance.

Evolution

各 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
各 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
各 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
各 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
各 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

各  

gè

each, individually, every, all; each; every

Most common words with 各
Freq.
Word
Meaning

各

each

各位

everybody

各种

every kind of

各地

various regions

各自

each

Component uses

Sound component in 27 characters (7 verified)

路 格 客 略 洛 絡 络 阁 閣 胳 咯 駱 骆 賂 烙 骼 恪 酪 鉻 铬 珞 貉 硌 袼 辂 餎 饹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤak

kak

gè

each


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 53.8043% of movies

658th most common character in movies

209th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5404

Shuowen

“各，異辭也。从口、夂。夂者，有行而止之，不相聽也。”


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