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个 gè — “(counting word)”
How to write and say the Chinese character 个 (gè), which means (counting word) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 gè
Meaning · 意思 (counting word)
Strokes · 笔画 3
Radical · 部首 丨 (line)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
个 is written with 3 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: a tally 丨 of people 人.
A common word常用词
一个
one of them
Example sentence例句
我有一个好朋友。
I have a good friend.
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