Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 個
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
individual, private person |
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. |
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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