Memory phrase for the Kanji: 個

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Left: person 亻/人, right: hard 固 (Some things 囗 with age 古 become hard.)

A person who acts such hard (= tough) is actually an isolated individual.

亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
固	hard, firm	Outside a frame 囗, which stands as a placeholder for things that become hard with age 古, such as the meat of old animals or old vegetables/roots. In other words: "things" that are old are also hard.
囗	enclosure	The radical kunigamae* surrounds/encloses further components and thus differs from the simple square that stands for mouth 口.*
古	old	Picture of a gravestone

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個	こ	Individual, counter for minor things (eg. eggs, fruits)
個体	こたい	an individual
個別	こべつ	particular case
個人	こじん	individual, private person, personal
個々	ここ	individual, one by one
個性	こせい	individuality, personality, idiosyncrasy
個所	かしょ	passage, place, point, part

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