Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

个 (radical 2 丨+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人中 (OL), four-corner 8020₀, composition ⿱𠆢丨)

See also

• 介

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

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. counter for articles
2. individual

Readings

• On: か (ka), こ (ko)
• Kun: こ (ko), ひ (hi)

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Korean

Etymology

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.

Hanja

个 • ‎(gae)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 개 (revised: gae, ga, McCune-Reischauer: kae, ka, Yale: kay, ka)

• Name (hangeul): 낱 개()

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• Meaning: small piece

• 개 (gae; original pronunciation 가 (ga))
• 낱 개 (nat gae)