• individual, piece, item;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

竹 (bamboo) – semantic component, hinting that the character originally referred to something made of bamboo (a bamboo section or container);

固 (gù – solid, firm) – phonetic component, providing the sound.

Usage in Korean

In Classical Chinese, 箇 meant a bamboo segment/container, but later broadened to mean “a piece” or “an individual unit.”

In Korean Hanja, 箇 is read 개 and used in Sino-Korean words like:

箇中 (개중) – “among them”;

箇箇 (개개) – “each and every”.

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Kangxi radical:118, + 8
Strokes:14
Unicode:U+7B87
Cangjie input:
  • 竹田十口 (HWJR)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 𥫗 固

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