"何個" meaning in Japanese

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Pronoun

IPA: [nã̠ŋko̞] Forms: 何個 [canonical] (ruby: 何(なん), 個(こ)), nanko [romanization]
Etymology: 何(なん) (nan, “how many”) + 個(こ) (-ko, “thing”, general counter used for any object) Etymology templates: {{ja-com|何|なん|個|-こ|pos2=general counter used for any object|sort=なんこ|t1=how many|t2=thing}} 何(なん) (nan, “how many”) + 個(こ) (-ko, “thing”, general counter used for any object) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なんこ}} 何(なん)個(こ) • (nanko)
  1. how many (of something)
    Sense id: en-何個-ja-pron-4383fA6~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese interrogative pronouns, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms suffixed with 個, Japanese terms suffixed with 個 read as こ, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese interrogative pronouns: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 個: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 個 read as こ: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (before も or か) multiple (of something)
    Sense id: en-何個-ja-pron-RfIxdSfx Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 62 38
     
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