幾

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: いく

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: いとのうえ(幺)

Meaning

How Many / How Much / Several

  • いくつ — how many
  • 幾度いくど — how many times
  • 幾分いくぶん — somewhat; to some extent
  • 幾何きか — geometry
  • 幾許いくばく — how much; how many

幾 combines the radical 幺(いとのうえ) “tiny/thread” with the phonetic elements that give the reading . Its meaning developed into “how many” or “how much,” used in questioning number or degree.

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