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跟 gēn — “with; to follow”

How to write and say the Chinese character 跟 (gēn), which means with; to follow — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: This & that.

Stroke order笔顺

跟 is written with 13 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

足 (foot) hints at the meaning, and 艮 lends its sound — together they make 跟.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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