跟

gēn

heel

to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)

foot (足) + phonetic (艮) = heel, to follow closely

足 grounds the meaning in the foot — the heel is at the base of every step. 艮 mainly carries the sound gēn; the foot radical does all the semantic work.

足+艮→跟
艮A trigram from the I ChingPhonetic
足FootSemantic

你跟我一起去超市吧。

nǐ gēn wǒ yī qǐ qù chāo shì ba。

Come to the supermarket with me.

她跟妈妈长得很像。

tā gēn māma zhǎng de hěn xiàng。

She looks very similar compared with her mother.

Words with 跟

脚跟

jiǎo gēn

heel

跟随

gēn suí

to follow

跟前

gēn qian

(of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one

高跟鞋

gāo gēn xié

high-heeled shoes

鞋跟

xié gēn

heel (of a shoe)

哪儿跟哪儿

nǎ r gēn nǎ r

what's that have to do with it?

好男不跟女斗

hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòu

a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)

后跟

hòu gēn

heel (part of a foot)

后跟提带

hòu gēn tí dài

backstrap (of a shoe)

打跟头

dǎ gēn tou

to turn a somersault

折跟头

zhē gēn tou

to do a somersault

摔跟头

shuāi gēn tou

to fall

More characters with 足

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