跟

跟 U+8DDF, 跟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDF ← 跞 [U+8DDE] CJK Unified Ideographs 跠 → [U+8DE0]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		跟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēn (gen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kién
• Min Nan (POJ): kun / kin / tèr / tè / tòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: kên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen
    • IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kién
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian³
    • IPA: /ki̯en³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
    • Tâi-lô: kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
    • Tâi-lô: kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèr
    • Tâi-lô: tèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
    • Tâi-lô: tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dex
    • IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
    • Tâi-lô: tuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tue²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tue²¹/

Note: tèr/tè/tòe - 綴 is used in Taiwan.

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 跟
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/

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• Middle Chinese: /kən/▼

Rime
Character	跟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古痕切
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跟
Reading #	1/1
No.	3921
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	根
Old Chinese	/*kɯːn/

Definitions

跟

1. (anatomy) heel

   足跟

2. to follow someone's lead

   跟我說 / 跟我说  ―  gēn wǒ shuō  ―  repeat after me

3. with (introducing the object of a verb)

   跟朋友一起玩  ―  gēn péngyǒu yīqǐ wán  ―  go out with friends

4. with (together)
5. as (in comparisons)

   跟你媽一樣 / 跟你妈一样  ―  gēn nǐ mā yīyàng  ―  the same as your mother

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   我跟你講了 / 我跟你讲了  ―  wǒ gēn nǐ jiǎng le  ―  Let me tell you something; Look

See also

• (with): 同 (tóng), 陪 (péi)

Compounds

• 劈腳跟／劈脚跟
• 年跟腳／年跟脚
• 後跟／后跟 (hòugēn)
• 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

• 跟班 (gēnbān)
• 跟監／跟监
• 跟腱 (gēnjiàn)
• 跟腳／跟脚
• 跟著 (gēnzhe)
• 跟著／跟着 (gēnzhe)
• 跟蹤／跟踪 (gēnzōng)
• 跟車／跟车
• 跟進／跟进 (gēnjìn)
• 跟隨／跟随 (gēnsuí)
• 跟頭／跟头 (gēntou)
• 跟頭蟲／跟头虫
• 連扯跟頭／连扯跟头
• 靴後跟／靴后跟
• 鞋跟
• 頭癢搔跟／头痒搔跟
• 高跟 (gāogēn)
• 高跟鞋 (gāogēnxié)

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Japanese

Kanji

跟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こん (kon)
• Kun: くびす (kubisu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

跟 (cân, ngấn, ngân)

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