漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
某: so-and-so, one
Also: a certain, that person
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
甘 and 木 carry the meaning
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ボウbou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 某ぼうcertain; one
- 某国ぼうこくcertain country
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 誰某だれそれa certain someone; Mr So-and-so
Also read それがし, なにがし, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side某 so-and-so · 甘
vs枝 bough · 支In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mǒu
Same form: 某 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 某 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 某 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mǒu 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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