small table

Pictograph of a small table. In simplified Chinese is also used to mean "how much", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character .

Evolution

几 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
几 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
几 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

small table

() 

how many? how much?; a few, some; how much; how many; several; a few

() 

almost

Most common words with 几
Freq.
Word
Meaning

how much

几乎

almost

几个

a few

好几

several

十几

more than ten

Component uses

Meaning component in 7 characters (2 verified)

Sound component in 13 characters (3 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 4 characters (0 verified)

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