Meanings

1. countercounter for (small) things or piecesalso written as ヶ
2. countercounter for military units
3. noun(an) individual; one person
4. countercounter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years

Examples

• はい、２個です。

  Yes, two.

• ３個ずつください。

  Please give me three of each kind.

• 母は卵を十個茹でた。

  Mother boiled ten eggs.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 個

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