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Kanji Detail for 跟 - "heel, follow"

  • Meaning

    跟 means "heel, follow."

    1. Heel - The back part of the foot.

    2. Follow - To walk behind; to accompany.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    heel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    heel; to follow, accompany; with

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    heel; to accompany, to follow; with

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The back of the foot is called 跟. Commonly following behind is also called 跟. Such as 跟班 (attendant), 跟縱 (follow).
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