漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
幾: how many, how much
Also: how far, how long, some, several
JLPT N312 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 幺short thread(meaning)
- 戍(form)
幺 carries the meaning · 戍 is drawn in
12 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 幾何学きかがくgeometry
いく-iku- · kun'yomi · on its own
- 幾日もいくにちもfor many days, for some days
- 幾分いくぶんsomewhat
- 幾度もいくどもmany times, often
いくつikutsu · kun'yomi
- 幾ついくつhow many?, how old?
いくらikura · kun'yomi
- 幾らいくらhow much?, how many?
- 幾らかいくらかsome, somewhat, a little
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)𢆶 silk threads; little things + 戍 to guard against
Watching over the fine details.
Source: Wiktionary, 幾 (rev. 92455516), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Tiny threads (幺) + spear/guard (戈) + person. To "guard" and carefully count many "tiny threads"—the process of asking "how many" are present.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
戍
Also built on 戍
In ChineseSimplified 几 · traditional, as in Japanese · jǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 幾; mainland China simplifies it to 几.
- Simplified
- 几 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 幾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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