Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 28 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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一位王子骑着白马到来了。
A prince arrived, riding a white horse.
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他們正密謀要殺害國王。
They are plotting to kill the king.
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他像国王一样开心。
He is as happy as a king.
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他是个大胃王。
He is a big eater.
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他是国王。
He is the king.
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俄罗斯比冥王星大。
Russia is larger than Pluto.
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国王受够了他的大臣们总是对他阿谀奉承,于是把他们遣散了。
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
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国王明晚会亲自出现。
The king will appear in person tomorrow evening.