跟
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heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
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Dict coverage rank #1,460 U+8DDF
How 跟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
How to remember it
heel · Heisig RSH #1143
wooden leg + silver
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | gèn | blunt; tough, chewy |
| 眼 | yǎn | eyelet, hole, opening |
| 根 | gēn | root, basis, foundation |
| 银 | yín | silver; cash, money, wealth |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw |
| 限 | xiàn | boundary, limit, line |
| 恨 | hèn | to dislike, to hate, to resent |
| 痕 | hén | scar, mark; vestige, trace |
| 龈 | yín | gums |
| 狠 | hěn | vicious, fierce, cruel |
| 垦 | kěn | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim |
| 恳 | kěn | sincere, earnest, cordial |
| 垠 | yín | boundary, river bank |
| 哏 | gén | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd |
| 很 | hěn | very, quite, much |
| 茛 | gèn | ranunculus |
| 裉 | kèn | a garment seam |
Words containing 跟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好男不跟女斗 | hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòu | a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom) |
| 跟不上 | gēn bu shàng | not able to keep up with |
| 打跟头 | dǎ gēn tou | to turn a somersault; to turn head over heels |
| 后跟提带 | hòu gēn tí dài | backstrap (of a shoe) |
| 脚后跟 | jiǎo hòu gēn | heel |
| 跟头虫 | gēn tou chóng | wriggler; mosquito larva |
| 脚跟脚 | jiǎo gēn jiǎo | one closely following the other |
| 折跟头 | zhē gēn tou | to do a somersault; to turn head over heels |
| 跟团游 | gēn tuán yóu | to travel in a tour group |
| 翻跟头 | fān gēn tou | to turn a somersault |
| 跟人 | gēn rén | to marry (of woman) |
| 跟头 | gēn tou | tumble; somersault |
| 跟上 | gēn shàng | to catch up with; to keep pace with |
| 跟手 | gēn shǒu | (coll.) while doing it; on the way through; (coll.) immediately; at once; (of a touch scre… |
| 跟风 | gēn fēng | to follow the trend; to jump on the bandwagon |
| 后跟 | hòu gēn | heel (part of a foot); heel (of a sock); counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of… |
| 跟前 | gēn qián | the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) |
| 跟前 | gēn qian | (of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one |
| 高跟鞋 | gāo gēn xié | high-heeled shoes |
| 跟包 | gēn bāo | to work as footman; to do odd jobs; to understudy (an opera actor) |