漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
箇: counter for articles
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
竹 carries the meaning · 固 gives the sound
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 箇所かしょplace; point; part
- 箇月かげつcounter for months
- 箇条かじょうitem; article; clause
Also read コ, 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
“Flexible and strong! Imagine a thicket of green bamboo swaying in the wind, bending but never breaking.”
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箇 counter for articles · 竹
vs錮 confinement · 金In ChineseSimplified 个 · traditional, as in Japanese · gè
Japan keeps the traditional form 箇; mainland China simplifies it to 个.
- Simplified
- 个 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 箇 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gè 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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