Chinese Character: 爽 shuǎng Cheerful

[Characters Chart] [Radical: 爻 yáo Lines on a Trigram (#89)] [Component: 大 dà Big (#37)]



爽 / shuǎng / bright, open, cheerful, to deviate

凉爽 / liángshuǎng / cool and refreshing
爽朗 / shuǎnglǎng / clear and bright, candid
爽快 / shuǎngkuài / refreshed, straightforward Continue reading

Chinese Character: 众 zhòng Crowd

[Characters Chart] [Radical: 人 rén Man, Person (#9)]



众 [眾] / zhòng / many, crowd, abbreviation for…
…众议院 [眾議] / Zhòngyìyuàn / House of Representatives
[眾] / zhòngrén / everyone
民众 [眾] / mínzhòng / populace, the people
众 [眾]  / dàzhòng / the masses, popular, abbreviation for…
众汽 [] / Dàzhòng qìchē / Volkswagen


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Chinese Character: 个 gè Individual, Generic Classifier

[Radical:丨gǔn Line (#2)] [Component: 人 rén Man, Person (#9)] [Compare:   yī One (#1)]



个 [個] / gè / individual, Generic Classifier, this, that, size

=  person
= one, 1 = 〡
+ 〡= 个 = individual

Chinese Grammar Wiki: ⇒ Measure wordMeasure word “ge”


这个 [這個] / zhège / this, this one
[個] / gèrén / individual, personal, oneself
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