箇
- 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”.
箇
낱
개
nat
gae
Kangxi radical:118, 竹 + 8
Strokes:14
Unicode:U+7B87
Cangjie input:
- 竹田十口 (HWJR)
Composition:
- ⿱ 𥫗 固