個

Glyph origin
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Etymology
The semantics may have developed along the grammaticalisation process "bamboo stalk" > "piece, item" > "classifier for every category of noun" > "possessive particle, generic particle". If so, it would then possibly be cognate with. Compare 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.


 * Min Nan classifier and possessive particle
 * Hokkien ê/gê (classifier), ê (possessive particle), Teochew gai5 (classifier), gai7 (possessive particle): from (Douglas, 1899 ). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The modern forms of these cognates all derive from the  tone.


 * Wu classifier and possessive particle
 * Though the expected pronunciation (in for instance Shanghainese) would be, this has underwent glottalisation . Compare , . In Shanghainese, this often undergoes further lenition to.

Definitions

 * 1) single; alone; individual
 * 2) height; build; stature
 * 3)  one
 * 4)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  one
 * 2)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  (=  ) this; that
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * → ;,   (Mandarin influenced); ,  ;
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be
 * 1)  to be

Usage notes

 * For Hokkien, Taiwan's Ministry of Education recommends for the general classifier ê and  for the possessive particle ê, reserving  for the month classifier kò.
 * For Hakka, Taiwan's Ministry of Education recommends for the possessive particle.
 * In Cantonese, when used for "yuan/dollar", 個 is usually only used when followed by cents.
 * Northern Wu languages can mark for tenses, as well as aspects. In Old Shanghainese, this is used to mark the past tense, as opposed to a perfect aspect.

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Descendants
Others:

Counter

 * 1) item, article, thing

Usage notes
This is one of the most common counter words in Japanese. It can be used to count small, round objects.