Memory phrase for the Kanji: 跟
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跟 |
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Meaning
| heel, to follow closely, to go with
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Pronunciation |
gēn |
Explanation |
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') |
Mnemonic
| (Most often it hurts here:) The foot is not good at the heel.
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Radicals
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足
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foot | |
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艮
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not good | This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 跟着 |
gēn zhe |
to follow after; immediately afterwards |
| 跟前 |
gēn qian |
living with sb; nearby |
| 跟踪 |
gēn zōng |
to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow |
| 跟踪 |
gēn zōng |
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