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個 means 'individual'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 567   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-4    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 38    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 110 words   Used in 134 words   Used in 12 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   コ
Additional readings
On    カ
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  固 hard  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 個 is used 10 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 個 is used 127 times, read 2 ways.
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こ じ ん 1
individual; private person; personal; private
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カ : 4 words FIND ALL
か 1
Most common form: 个
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
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An additional 7 less common words include 個 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 695 (originally: 669)  Joy o' Kanji : 669  Key to Kanji: 292 

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個
コ    individual   
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固
コ   かたい hard   かたまる to harden   かためる to make hard   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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囗
box, enclosure   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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