Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
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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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 9 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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3月30号的班机全部满座。
All the flights on March 30th were fully booked.
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8点那班车今天早到了。
The eight o'clock bus was early today.
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Marie和我同班。
Mary and I are in the same class.
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今晚谁上班?
Who's working tonight?
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他一如往常,没有剃鬍子就上班去了。
As is often the case with him, he went to the office without shaving.
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他写的文章只分析了问题的表面,所以他知道自己拿了全班最高分的时候,不禁感到十分惊讶。
His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.
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他周一到周五上班。。
He works from Monday to Friday.
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他和他班上其他男生一样高。
He's just as tall as the other boys in his class.