# 一個
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīgè
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^1$ go$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yit-ke
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yid$^5$ gê$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ê / chi̍t-gê / chi̍t-kò
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg$^8$ gai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīgè [Phonetic: yígè] → yīge (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ → ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yige̊
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-ko$^5$
*** Yale: yī-ge
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.geh
*** Palladius: игэ (igɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹/ → /i⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^1$ go$^3$
*** Yale: yāt go
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^7$ go$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^1$ go$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke
*** Hakka Romanization System: id$^ˋ$ ge
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^5$ ge$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚² ke⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)id$^ˋ$ ge
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^5$ ge$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² ke⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yid$^5$ gê$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ ke⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ê
*** Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cid'ee
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sit̚⁴³⁻²¹ e²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-gê
*** Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-gê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cidgee
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sit̚⁴³⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-kò
*** Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-kò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cidkoix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kɤ²¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ko²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ko¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ko⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ko²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêg$^8$ gai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k kâi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² kai⁵⁵/

### Determiner

一個
* Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
       Gěi wǒ yīge jiù hǎo le. [Pinyin]
       One will do.
       yīge ài láodao de nǎinai [Pinyin]
       a nagging grandmother
       yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn [Pinyin]
       a letter from an unknown woman
    一個時代的產物／一个时代的产物 ― yīge shídài de chǎnwù ― a product of an era
       Zhè shì yīge měilì de cuòwù. [Pinyin]
       This is a beautiful mistake.
* same
       Tāmen dōu shì yīge yàngr. [Pinyin]
       They are all of the same type.

#### Usage notes

* For Hokkien, Douglas (1873/1899) notes that dê/--dê is sometimes heard after final ⟨-t⟩, such as with this term, chi̍t--ê > chi̍t--dê / chi̍d--dê, although modern Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ) does not use the letter ⟨D⟩.

#### Derived terms

* 一個人／一个人 (yīgèrén)
* 一個勁／一个劲 (yīgèjìn)
* 一個唱紅臉，一個唱白臉／一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸
* 一個巴掌拍不響／一个巴掌拍不响 (yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng)
* 一個心眼兒／一个心眼儿 (yī gè xīnyǎnr)
* 一個樣／一个样
* 一個籬笆三個樁，一個好漢三個幫／一个篱笆三个桩，一个好汉三个帮
* 一個蘿蔔一個坑／一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng)
* 一個鼻孔出氣／一个鼻孔出气
* 佗一個／佗一个
* 同一個／同一个 (tóngyīge)
* 同……一個餅印／同……一个饼印

### References

* ↑ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “dê”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 一 | 個 |
| いち > いっ Grade: 1 | こ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* １個 1個 一箇 １箇 1箇
Compound of 一 (ichi, “one”) +‎ 個 (ko, “thing”, general counter used for any object).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いっこ [íꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ik̚ko̞]

#### Noun

一(いっ)個(こ) • (ikko)
* one (of anything)
* a, an

##### Synonyms

* 一(ひと)つ (hitotsu)

##### Related terms

Japanese number-counter combinations for 個(こ) (ko) :
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 一(いっ)個(こ) (ikko) | 二(に)個(こ) (niko) | 三(さん)個(こ) (sanko) | 四(よん)個(こ) (yonko) | 五(ご)個(こ) (goko) |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 六(ろっ)個(こ) (rokko) | 七(なな)個(こ) (nanako) | 八(はっ)個(こ) (hakko) | 九(きゅう)個(こ) (kyūko) | 十(じゅっ)個(こ) (jukko) |
| 100 | 1,000 | 10,000 | How many? | |
| 百(ひゃっ)個(こ) (hyakko) | 千(せん)個(こ) (senko) | 一(いち)万(まん)個(こ) (ichimanko) | 何(なん)個(こ) (nanko) | |

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 一 | 個 |
| いち > いっ Grade: 1 | か Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 一個 – see the following entry. :
| 【一箇いっか】 | [noun] one (of anything) [noun] a, an Alternative spellings 一ケ, 一ヶ, 一カ, 一か, 一个 |
(This term, 一個, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

### See also

* Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/一個