See also: 个人

Chinese

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(a measure word); individual man; person; people
trad. (個人)
simp. (个人)

Pronunciation

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Note: go6 rêng5 - Jieyang.
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Particularly: “gai nang (個儂) [2] 1:38”

Adjective

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個人

  1. (attributive) personal
    個人數據个人数据  ―  gèrén shùjù  ―  personal data
    保管個人物品 [MSC, trad.]
    保管个人物品 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng bǎoguǎn hǎo gèrén wùpǐn. [Pinyin]
    Please do not leave your personal belongings unattended.
    總是有意無意個人感情經歷 [MSC, trad.]
    总是有意无意个人感情经历 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zǒngshì yǒuyìwúyì wèn qǐ tā gèrén gǎnqíng jīnglì. [Pinyin]
    She often asks him about his past relationships in subtle ways.

Derived terms

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Noun

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個人

  1. individual (person)

Pronoun

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個人

  1. I; me; my; oneself; myself

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (個人):
  • Japanese: ()(じん) (kojin)
  • Korean: 개인(個人) (gaein)
  • Vietnamese: cá nhân (個人)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
じん
Grade: 1
tōon kan'on
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Etymology

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Short for (いっ)()(じん) (ikkojin) or (かく)()(じん) (kakukojin), from (いっ)()(ひと) (ikko no hito), a calque of English individual.[1][2]

Listed in the 1912 work 英独仏和哲学字彙 (Ei-Doku-Futsu-Wa Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of English, German, and French Philosophical Terms”) as a translation of English individual.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(じん) (kojinこじん (kozin)?

  1. individual

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 個人”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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個人 (gaein) (hangeul 개인)

  1. hanja form? of 개인 (individual)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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個人

  1. chữ Hán form of cá nhân (individual, personal).

Noun

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個人

  1. chữ Hán form of cá nhân (individual).