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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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Bronze script 商代晚期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 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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8点半之前不会开始。
It doesn't start before eight thirty.
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Tatoeba是开放原始码软体。
Tatoeba is open source software.
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一开始，我以为他病了。
At first I thought it was sick.
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一开始许多事情看上去不同了，但我很快习惯了我的新生活。
At first many things seemed different, but I soon got involved in my new life.
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五年后，战争开始了。
War began five years later.
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人们或可选择何时开始恋爱，但它的终结却不由人。
People can begin to love when they choose, but they have no choice when it comes to ending love.
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什么时候开始下雨的?
When did it begin to rain?
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从上週四开始一直下雨。
It has been raining since last Thursday.