個 – individual, counter for articles

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#451 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 個 means individual, counter for articles. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ、カ (ko, ka). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
On’yomi	カ	ka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・十・囗.

Words using 個

個こcounter for (small) things or pieces個人こじんindividual個々ここindividual個体こたいindividual個性こせいindividuality個別こべつindividual

Example sentences

この懐中電灯は２個の電池が必要だ。

This flashlight needs two batteries.

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この部屋は個人専用です。

This room is for individual use.

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そのクラスの個々のメンバーは数学のあまり得意でない生徒によって足を引っ張られたくないと思っているのです。

Those individual members of the class do not want to be held back by others not so good at math.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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