Memory phrase for the Kanji: 個
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| individual, private person
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Pronunciation |
KO
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Explanation |
Left: person 亻/人, right: hard 固 (Some things 囗 with age 古 become hard.) |
Mnemonic
| A person who acts such hard (= tough) is actually an isolated individual.
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Radicals
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亻
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person | This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. |
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固
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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. |
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囗
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enclosure | The radical kunigamae surrounds/encloses further components and thus is different from the simple square that stands for mouth 口. |
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古
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old | Picture of a gravestone |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 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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