各

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each; every

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 +3
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 各
Common rank: #1,173
Unicode: U+5404

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Formation & memory

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How 各 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Walking 夂 and talking 口

Components 夂口

How to remember it

each · Heisig RSH #309

口 mouth + walking legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 各

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
龙胜各族自治县	Lóng shèng Gè zú Zì zhì xiàn	Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Gua…
天各一方	tiān gè yī fāng	(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
物各有主	wù gè yǒu zhǔ	everything has a rightful owner (idiom)
人各有所好	rén gè yǒu suǒ hào	everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
各打五十大板	gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn	lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom); fig. to punish the guilty and t…
各不相同	gè bù xiāng tóng	to be quite varied; each one is different
各族人民	gè zú rén mín	people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)
隆林各族自治县	Lóng lín Gè zú Zì zhì xiàn	Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, in Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi
有关各方	yǒu guān gè fāng	all parties involved
合同各方	hé tong gè fāng	parties to a contract (law)
八仙过海，各显神通	Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng	lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom); fig. …
拉各斯	Lā gè sī	Lagos, city in Nigeria
自各儿	zì gě r	variant of 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
各自为政	gè zì wéi zhèng	to do things each in one's own way
各有所好	gè yǒu suǒ hào	everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom)
圣多明各	Shèng duō míng gè	Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic
世界各地	shì jiè gè dì	all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world
各界人士	gè jiè rén shì	all walks of life
八仙过海，各显其能	Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn qí néng	see 八仙過海，各顯神通\|八仙过海，各显神通[Ba1 xian1 guo4 hai3 , ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1]
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜	gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng	sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roo…

Sound family

These characters use 各 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
各 sound part	gè	individual; each, every; all
路	lù	road, path, street; journey
格	gé	form, pattern, standard
洛	luò	a river in the Shanxi province; a city
略	lüè	approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
络	luò	web, net; to entangle
阁	gé	cabinet, chamber, pavilion
酪	lào	cream, cheese; koumiss
胳	gē	arms; armpit
咯	gē	final particle
骆	luò	camel
烙	lào	to burn, to brand; hot iron
恪	kè	respectful, reverent
珞	luò	a kind of necklace
貉	mò	raccoon dog
骼	gé	bone, skeleton; corpse
饹	gē	buckwheat or sorghum noodles
铬	gè	chromium
袼	gē	gusset, cloth fitting-sleeve