艮 - gěn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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艮

gěn

Definition

blunt
tough
chewy
phonetic component

Other pronunciations

gèn

mountain
radical (Kang Xi 138)
Trigram (one of the Eight - 八卦, symbolizing mountain)
☶
ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (25)

quite; very

with; and (between two nouns); to; to follow; heel; to marry; as

退

tuì

to retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw

根

gēn

root; basis; classifier (for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings); measure word; radical (chemistry)

眼

yǎn

eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier (for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)); measure word

to hate; to regret

silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency

食

shí

to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse

fierce; very

good; phonetic component; very; very much

限

xiàn

limit; bound; to set a limit (on)

scar; traces

to feed

difficult; hard; hardship

垦

kěn

to reclaim (land); to cultivate

earnest

funny; odd; interesting

垠

yín

limit; border; river bank

gums (of the teeth)

ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles; round basket of bamboo

裉

kèn

side seam in an upper garment

ranunculus

to pull; to drag; to stop

硍

kèn

rumbling of rolling stones

佷

hěn

to act contrary to

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