Chinese symbol for “individually”
个别
gè bié
Traditional: 個別
individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare
The closest CC-CEDICT match for individually is 个别 (gè bié), defined as: individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “individually”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 单个 (單個) | dān ge | single; alone |
| 逐 | zhú | (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 个别.
| 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 |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 整个 (整個) | zhěng gè | whole; entire |
| 每个 (每個) | měi ge | each; every |
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly |
| 别人 (別人) | bié ren | other people; others; other person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “individually”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.