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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(radical 157 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一日女 (RMAV), four-corner 67132, composition𧾷)

  1. heel
  2. to follow, accompany
  3. with

References

  • KangXi: page 1224, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37491
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3706, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8DDF

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*krɯːn
*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
*ŋrɯːnʔ
*ɡrɯːn
*ɡrɯːnʔ
*ɡrɯːnʔ
*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
*kɯːn
*kɯːn
*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
*kɯːns
*kɯːns
*kʰɯːnʔ
*kʰɯːnʔ
*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːnʔ
*ɡɯːns
*ŋrɯn
*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kən⁵⁵/
Harbin /kən⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kən²¹/
Jinan /kẽ²¹³/
Qingdao /kə̃²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kən²⁴/
Xi'an /kẽ²¹/
Xining /kə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kəŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /kɤŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kən⁵⁵/
Chengdu /kən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ken⁵⁵/
Kunming /kə̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /kən³¹/
Hefei /kən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /kəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /kə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /kəŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /kən⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ken³³/
Wenzhou /kaŋ³³/
/ky³³/
Hui Shexian /kʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /kɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kən³³/
Xiangtan /kən³³/
Gan Nanchang /kiɛn⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ken⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /kɐn⁵³/
Nanning /kɐn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kɐn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kun⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kyŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kaiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kɯŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kin²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (53)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kən/
Pan
Wuyun
/kən/
Shao
Rongfen
/kən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kən/
Li
Rong
/kən/
Wang
Li
/kən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gēn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3921
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯːn/

Definitions

  1. to follow; to accompany; with
    朋友一起   gēn péngyǒu yīqǐ wán   go out with friends
  2. follow someone's lead
    /    gēn wǒ shuō   repeat after me

See also

  • (with): (tóng), (péi)

Compounds

  • 劈腳跟劈脚跟
  • 年跟腳年跟脚
  • 後跟后跟
  • 摔跟頭摔跟头
  • 栽跟頭栽跟头
  • 沒後跟没后跟
  • 番張跟斗番张跟斗
  • 穿跟斗
  • 立定腳跟立定脚跟
  • 站穩腳跟站稳脚跟
  • 緊跟紧跟
  • 翻跟斗
  • 翻跟頭翻跟头 (fāngēntou)
  • 腳後跟脚后跟 (jiǎohòugēn)
  • 腳跟脚跟 (jiǎogēn)
  • 腳跟大事脚跟大事
  • 足跟
  • 跟上
  • 跟不上 (gēnbushàng)
  • 跟了人
  • 跟人
  • 跟兒跟儿
  • 跟前 (gēnqián)
  • 跟前人
  • 跟包
  • 跟婆
  • 跟子
  • 跟官
  • 跟定 (gēndìng)
  • 跟尾兒跟尾儿
  • 跟屁股
  • 跟屁蟲跟屁虫 (gēnpìchóng)
  • 跟差
  • 跟從跟从 (gēncóng)
  • 跟手
  • 跟捕
  • 跟斗 (gēndou)
  • 跟會跟会

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(geun) (hangeul , revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cân, ngấn, ngân)

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