Chinese Character 個 Meanings and components.

Form

個

Meaning

個 meaning[3] in English

Individual.

This.

That.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 個 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and hard (固)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OWJR

How to write 個

To write個ge4individual you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 固gu4hard arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 固 = 個

個 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 個 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 個, looks as follow:

個
Pinyin:ge4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Individual . This . That . Size . Classifier For People Or Objects In General
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
固
Pinyin:gu4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Hard . Strong . Solid . Sure . Assuredly . Undoubtedly . Of Course . Indeed . Admittedly
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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