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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gè | ge4
English translation
this, that; single; measure word for individuals

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻固

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Pictograph of one stalk of bamboo. Same as one half of the character for bamboo ( zhú ).

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
this
这个 zhè ge this這個
那个 nà ge that one那個
个人 gèrén individual個人
整个 zhěnggè whole整個
一个人 yī gè rén alone (without company)一個人
几个 jǐ ge a few幾個
哪个 nǎ ge which哪個
各个 gè gè every各個
个性 gèxìng individuality個性
每个人 měi ge rén everybody每個人
半个 bàn ge half of sth半個
个别 gèbié individual個別
个体 gètǐ individual個體
个股 gè gǔ share (in a listed company)個股
多个 duō ge many多個
一个个 yī gè gè each and every one一個個
下一个 xià yī ge the next one下一個
个个 gè gè each and every個個
个性化 gè xìng huà to personalize個性化
个头 gè tóu size個頭

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