Chinese symbol for “individual”
个人
gè rén
Traditional: 個人
an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
The closest CC-CEDICT match for individual is 个人 (gè rén), defined as: an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “individual”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 个体 (個體) | gè tǐ | an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 个体户 (gè tǐ hù)) |
| 个 (個) | gè | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual |
| 散户 (散戶) | sǎn hù | individual (shareholder); the small investor |
| 小己 | xiǎo jǐ | an individual |
| 小我 | xiǎo wǒ | the self; the individual |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 个人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 这个 (這個) | zhè ge | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this |
| 那个 (那個) | nà ge | that one; that thing |
| 整个 (整個) | zhěng gè | whole; entire |
| 每个 (每個) | měi ge | each; every |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “individual”.
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