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個

individual
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingコ、カ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. individualRtK
  2. counter for articles
  1. counter for (small) things or pieces
  2. counter for military units
  3. (an) individual
  4. one person
  5. counter for years (of age difference)

Popular Usage

個人個所個体

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · harden · pent in (囗) · old (古) · tombstone · gravestone · church · ten (十) · needle (丨) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1047

Compound words

個人こじん
individual; private person; personal; private; natural person
個体こたい
individual; specimen
一個いっこ
one (thing); one piece; one item
個室こしつ
single (room); room for one; one's own room; private room; private compartment
個性こせい
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character
個展こてん
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
個別こべつ
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
数個すうこ
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
別個べっこ
another; different; separate; discrete
個々ここ
individual; one by one; separate; each
個人差こじんさ
individual differences; personal equation
個人的こじんてき
personal; individual; private
個性的こせいてき
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal
個々人ここじん
each individual; each person
１個いっこ
one (thing)
各個かっこ
every one
個月かげつ
counter for months
個条かじょう
item
番個ばんこ
-nth game (of 12 rounds)
個人展こじんてん
one-man exhibition
個人教授こじんきょうじゅ
private instruction
個人経営こじんけいえい
private management
個人誤差こじんごさ
personal equation
個人指導こじんしどう
personal guidance

On Reading Examples

彼は手荷物が三個あった。こ
He had three pieces of baggage.tatoeba
彼は昨日せっけんを６個買った。こ
He bought six cakes of soap yesterday.tatoeba
彼は一度に６個の箱を運んだ。こ
He carried six boxes at a time.tatoeba
彼はコインを１００個持っている。こ
He has no less than one hundred coins.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は手荷物が三個あった。
He had three pieces of baggage.tatoeba
彼は昨日せっけんを６個買った。
He bought six cakes of soap yesterday.tatoeba
彼は個性が強い。
He has a strong personality.tatoeba
彼は個人より社会全体に力点を置く傾向がある。
He tends to place more stress on society in general than on individual.tatoeba
個人が参加可能な行事
Event in which individuals can participatewiki
個人蔵、重要文化財。
It is a private collection designated as an important cultural property.wiki
また、魚の棚以南の個所には異なって伝わっている歌詞が多くある。
Some words describing the streets south of Uonotana-dori Street haven't come down correctly.wiki
1個の遊走子から1個体の配偶体ができ、雄と雌の配偶体がある。
One zoospore is transformed into one gametophyte, which is provided with either the male feature or the female feature.wiki
全個体がクローンであるため、新しい耐性を手に入れる能力も低い。
Because all the individuals are clones, it has low ability to acquire greater tolerance.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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