Memory phrase for the character: 跟

跟

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Meaning

heel, to follow closely, to go with

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.

Radicals

足 foot
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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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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