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Mythic Mandarin

跟着 (gēn zhe): meaning and stroke order

跟着 (gēn zhe) means to follow after, immediately afterwards.

跟着

Simplified
跟着
Traditional
跟著
Pinyin
gēn zhe

Stroke order of 跟着

跟

  • gēn heel; to follow closely
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

着

  • zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic
  • zháo to touch; to come in contact with
  • zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 著

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 跟着

  1. gēn zhe Traditional 跟著
    • to follow after
    • immediately afterwards

Radicals of the characters

跟
Radical 足 (Kangxi radical 157) · 13 strokes · 𧾷 on the left, 艮 on the right
着
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 12 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

跟着 in our stories

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  • 她靠在父亲肩上，像小时候一样，跟着他小声地唱。父亲没有问她是谁，她也没有解释。

    tā kào zài fùqīn jiān shàng xiàng xiǎoshíhou yíyàng gēnzhe tā xiǎoshēng de chàng fùqīn méiyǒu wèn tā shì shéi tā yě méiyǒu jiěshì

    She leaned on her father's shoulder as she had as a child and sang along softly. He didn't ask who she was, and she didn't explain.

    From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 跟着

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).