幾つ

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
幾
いく
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Proto-Japonic *ekutu.

Pronunciation

Noun

幾つ (hiragana いくつ, rōmaji ikutsu)

  1. how many
  2. how old (used with small children)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Derived terms
  • 幾 (いく)つか (ikutsu ka): a few
  • 幾 (いく)つも (ikutsu mo): many
  • 幾 (いく)つでも (ikutsu demo): any number of

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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