GE-4

('ge' in the fourth tone)

Some 45 standard Chinese characters are spoken 'ge'. The most common sound-determining components are: 各 (12 cases), 哥 (3), 合 (6). 

各, spoken ge(4) = various, can be the sound-defining element in characters spoken 'ge', 'ke', as well as 'luo'.

个 = (general classifier), individual

While 个 can mean 'individual', it is almost always used as classifier; as classifier, it can mean 'person' or 'thing'. In Chinese, one cannot count: one man, two men, etc. Instead, one counts: one 'person' man, 一个男人 = yi(1) ge(4) nan(2) ren(2), two 'person' man, etc. Likewise, not 'one hour', but 一个小时 = yi(1) ge(4) xiau(3) shi(2). The classifier depends on what is counted. If one doesn't know the specific classifier, one can use 个.

个人 = ge(4)ren(2) = personal; one's own

An important structure to denote private ownership of things; sample sentence:

你有你的个人的内裤,或你和你的妹妹共用内裤?

Ni(3) you(3) ni(3)de(-) ge(4)ren(2)de(-) nei(4)ku(4), huo(4) ni(3) he(2) ni(3)de(-) mei(4)mei(-) gong(4)yong(4) nei(4)ku(4)?

Do you have your own panties, or do you and your younger sister share the same panties?