更 (gēng, gèng) — Chinese Character

更

gēng, gèng

more; even more; further; still; still more; (gēng) to change; to replace; to experience; night watch (one of five periods of the night)

Radical: 曰 HSK 2 d

Components & Etymology

更 decomposes into the following components:

一曰乂

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 更.

一更

yī gēng

first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

三更

sān gēng

third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)

二更

èr gēng

second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)

五更

wǔ gēng

fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)

停更

tíng gēng

催更

cuī gēng

初更

chū gēng

first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

变更

biàn gēng

to change

四更

sì gēng

fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)

守更

shǒu gēng

to keep watch during the night

巡更

xún gēng

打更

dǎ gēng

to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)

Characters that share the radical 曰.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.