Mnemonic comic for 个

Translation

gè = g + e4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

Mnemonic

Neanderthal Man (人) needs to use the elevator’s bathroom (e4) but it’s occupied by Guy Fawkes (g), and there’s only space for one individual (个). Impatiently Neanderthal Man knocks on the door using his dinosaur bone (丨).

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All translations for 个

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個

gě = g + e3

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

个

箇

gè = g + e4

variant of 個|个[ge4]

个

個

gè = g + e4

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

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个 character breakdown

个
- 丨
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏

Component Translations

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Characters with 个 as component

个 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 个

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这

這

zhè

个

個

this / this one

这

這

zhè

个

個

(pronoun) this / (adjective) this

那

nà

个

個

that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]