Hanja Analyzer
跟

跟 — geun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
발두꿈치 근
Romanization
geun
English
heel; to follow, accompany; with
Mandarin
gēn
Japanese on'yomi
コン
Japanese kun'yomi
くび.す
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
足 (157, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
艮
Unicode
U+8DDF

Parts that make up 跟

  • 足 발 족, 지날 주 무릎 아래 발발과 걷고 밟는 일
  • 艮 괘이름 간sound 돌아보는 눈‘간·안·한’ 계열의 소리

How 跟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 跟 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 足, 艮.

Japanese words with 跟

  • 跟骨こんこつ calcaneus; calcaneum; heel bone

Characters sharing the phonetic 艮

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “근”

Other hanja with radical 足

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