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Mythic Mandarin

更 (gèng): meaning and stroke order

更 (gèng) means more, even more, further, still, still more, to change or replace, to experience.

更

Simplified
更
Traditional
更 (same form)
Pinyin
gèng · gēng

Stroke order of 更

更

  • gēng to change or replace; to experience
  • gèng more; even more
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 更

  1. gèng
    • more
    • even more
    • further
    • still
    • still more
  2. gēng
    • to change or replace
    • to experience
    • one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
    • watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

Radical and structure

更
Radical 曰 (Kangxi radical 73) · 7 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.

Words with 更

更 in our stories

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  • 可是她更清楚，有些选择本来就没有完美的答案，只有你能不能接受的答案。

    kěshì tā gèng qīngchu yǒuxiē xuǎnzé běnlái jiù méiyǒu wánměi de dá'àn zhǐyǒu nǐ néng bù néng jiēshòu de dá'àn

    But she understood even better that some choices simply have no perfect answer, only answers you can or can't live with.

    From the story No perfect answer HSK 6

  • 王总更着急了：“看来是菜不合胃口，快，上个烤鸭！”

    Wáng zǒng gèng zháojí le kànlai shì cài bù hé wèikǒu kuài shàng gè kǎoyā

    Mr Wang grew even more anxious: "It seems the food isn't to his taste. Quick, bring a roast duck!"

    From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6

  • 更可怕的是，天空破了一个大窟窿，大火从天上烧下来，洪水从地下涌出来，猛兽四处伤人。

    gèng kěpà de shì tiānkōng pò le yí gè dà kūlong dà huǒ cóng tiān shàng shāo xiàlai hóngshuǐ cóng dì xià yǒng chūlai měngshòu sìchù shāng rén

    Worse still, a great hole tore open in the sky: fire rained down from above, floods gushed up from below, and wild beasts attacked people everywhere.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 更

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).