Memory phrase for the character: 跟
跟
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')
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(Most often it hurts here:) The foot is not good at the heel. Radicals
足
foot
艮
not good This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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Vocabulary
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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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