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What is the Kanji for "Some" and "How many"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Some" and "How many", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Some" and "How many" is "幾".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Iku".

Its onyomi reading is "Ki".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 3 parts:

The radical "幺" means "Slight" . The component "戈" . And The kanji "人" means "Person" and can be read as "Jin", "Nin", "Hito" and "Ri".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "幾" mean in japanese?

"幾" means "Some" and "How many" .

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

: "Several" or "How many". The Japanese noun '幾 (いく)' has two main meanings. The first meaning is 'several', referring to an unspecified number that is more than a few but less than many. For example: There are several flowers in the vase - (花瓶に幾つかの花がある). The second meaning is 'how many', used to ask about a specific quantity. For example: How many books do you have? - (あなたは幾冊の本を持っていますか?)
幾つ: "How many". The Japanese noun '幾つ (いくつ)' means 'how many'. It is used to inquire about the quantity or number of something. For example: How many books do you have? - (あなたは何冊本を持っていますか)。Please let me know how many you need - (必要な数を教えてください).
幾ら: "Amount". The Japanese noun '幾ら (いくら)' means 'amount'. This word is used to ask about or indicate quantities, prices, or costs. It can be used to inquire about the specific amount of something, such as the price of an item or the quantity of a product. For example: How much does it cost? - (これは幾らですか). The price was 1000 yen - (値段は1000円でした).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".