个 (gè): (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier), (bound form) individual
个 (gè) is a Chinese character meaning “(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier).” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 人 (structural) and 丨 (structural). It ranks #12 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 个 a tally 丨 of people 人. Its radical form 丨 (line) appears in many related characters such as 中 (zhōng, (bound form) China), 丰 (fēng, luxuriant), 临 (lín, to face).
Definitions
- (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
- (bound form) individual
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA tally 丨 of people 人
Decomposition: ⿱人丨 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 个
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 这个pronoun | zhè ge | (pronoun) this | 1 |
| 那个pronoun | nà ge | that one | 1 |
| 整个adjective | zhěng gè | whole | 4 |
| 个人noun | gè rén | an individual | 5 |
| 哪个pronoun | nǎ ge | which | 1 |
| 个性noun | gè xìng | individuality | 5 |
| 各个pronoun/adverb | gè gè | every | 4 |
| 个子noun | gè zi | stature | 2 |
| 个别adverb/adjective | gè bié | individually | 5 |
| 个体noun | gè tǐ | an individual | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个determiner | yī ge | a |
| 每个 | měi ge | each |
| 上个月 | shàng gè yuè | last month |
| 个头noun | gè tóu | size |
| 个个determiner | gè gè | each one individually |
| 高个子 | gāo gè zi | tall person |
| 一个个 | yī gè gè | a number of |
| 自个儿noun | zì gě r | (dialect) oneself |
| 一个样 | yī ge yàng | the same |
| 逐个adverb | zhú gè | one by one |
| 大个儿 | dà gè r | (coll.) tall person |
| 个旧 | gè jiù | see 個舊市|个旧市 |
| 个中adverb | gè zhōng | therein |
| 挨个adjective | āi gè | one by one |
| 个把numeral | gè bǎ | (coll.) about one |
个 appears in 100 compound words: 36 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 35 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 个 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这个问题每个人都有不同的看法，我们需要尊重彼此的观点。
Zhè gè wèntí měi gè rén dōu yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ, wǒmen xūyào zūnzhòng bǐcǐ de guāndiǎn.
Everyone has different views on this issue, and we need to respect each other's perspectives.
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jī qì rén chūn wǎn sài rè nào zhī yú , duō xiǎng sān gě wèn tí shì pín
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nǐ hái shì céng jīng nā gě shǎo nián ! sū 翊 míng zhǎn huò zhōng guó duì shǒu jīn
You're still the same teenager! Su Yiming wins China's first gold.
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. . . fú shǎng chūn wǎn hòu bào huǒ dēng dǐng zhè gě bǎo zàng yòng . .
... Fu on the Spring Festival Gala after bursting into flames topped the AppStore: these 4 treasures with...
...晚与沈腾马丽同框的机器人 在全国100多个地方..
. . . wǎn yú 沈 téng mǎ lí tóng kuàng de jī qì rén zài quán guó duō gě dì fāng . .
... The robot that was in the same frame as Shen Teng and Ma Li at night is in more than 100 places across the country...
浙江男子铁锅里泡澡,底下还烧着火,一个接一个!杭州..
zhè jiāng nán zǐ tiě guō lǐ pāo zǎo , de xià hái shāo zhe huǒ , yī gě jiē yī gě ! háng zhōu . .
A man in Zhejiang took a bath in an iron pot with a fire burning underneath—one after another! Hangzhou...
你们怎么读这个词？
Nǐmen zěnme dú zhège cí?
How do you say this word?
能给我换个房间吗？
Néng gěi wǒ huàn gè fángjiān ma?
Can you change the room for me?
这个词的意思是什么？
Zhège cí de yìsi shì shénme?
What does that word mean?
上个月是十一月吗？
Shànggèyuè shì Shíyīyuè ma?
Was last month November?
Character Family
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