跟 (gēn) — Chinese Character

跟

gēn

heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)

Radical: 足 HSK 1 p, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

跟 decomposes into the following components:

足艮

Semantic component: 足; phonetic component: 艮.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 跟.

后跟

hòu gēn

紧跟

jǐn gēn

脚跟

jiǎo gēn

跟上

gēn shàng

跟丢

gēn diū

跟人

gēn rén

跟从

gēn cóng

跟前

gēn qian

跟前

gēn qián

跟包

gēn bāo

跟头

gēn tou

跟差

gēn chāi

Characters that share the radical 足.

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