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个 — individual

Pinyin
gè · gě
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — gè, gě — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 个: 3 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

个 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 个 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 个gèindividualHSK 1
  2. 哪个nǎgewhich; whoHSK 1
  3. 那个nàgethat one; that thing; that; menstruation; sexHSK 1
  4. 这个zhègethis; thisHSK 1
  5. 个子gèzistature; height; sizeHSK 2
  6. 各个gègèevery; various; separately, one by oneHSK 4
  7. 整个zhěnggèwhole; entire; totalHSK 4
  8. 个别gèbiéindividually; one by oneHSK 5
  9. 个人gèrénan individual; oneself; personal; one's ownHSK 5
  10. 个性gèxìngindividuality; personalityHSK 5
  11. 个体gètǐan individualHSK 6
  12. 个案gè’ànindividual case; special caseHSK 7–9
  13. 个头儿gètóursize; height; statureHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.