艮
gèn
Pinyin

Definition

艮
 - 
gèn
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing mountain
  2. ☶
  3. ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
艮
 - 
gěn
  1. blunt
  2. tough
  3. chewy

Character Decomposition

Compounds (23)

很
hěn
  1. 1 (adverb of degree)
  2. 2 quite
  3. 3 very
  4. 4 awfully
眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī
  5. 5 classifier: 双 shuāng
  6. 6 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
根
gēn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 basis
  3. 3 classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
  4. 4 classifier: 条 tiáo
  5. 5 radical (chemistry)
跟
gēn
  1. 1 heel
  2. 2 to follow closely
  3. 3 to go with
  4. 4 (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. 5 with
  6. 6 compared with
  7. 7 to
  8. 8 towards
  9. 9 and (joining two nouns)
限
xiàn
  1. 1 limit
  2. 2 bound
  3. 3 to set a limit (on)

Related Words (2)

勃艮第
Bó gěn dì
  1. 1 Burgundy (Bourgogne), kingdom during medieval period, now region of France
艮
gěn
  1. 1 blunt
  2. 2 tough
  3. 3 chewy