several places; various locations; multiple points
Refers to a small, unspecified number of places or locations. Often used when describing damage, corrections, or scattered items.
Several bridges were damaged by the typhoon.
Mistakes were found in several places in the document.
数箇国 means 'several countries', using the counter 箇国 (かこく) for nations, while 数か所 refers to places or locations in general.
Common modern spelling using か as the counter particle.
Common variant using the small katakana ヶ (a simplified form of 箇).
Formal or traditional spelling using the kanji 箇.
Variant using full-width katakana カ.
Rare variant using full-width katakana ケ.
Compound of 数 (すう, 'several') + か (counter particle, from 箇) + 所 (しょ, 'place'). The か is a simplified form of the counter 箇, commonly used in modern Japanese.