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CHINESE CHARACTER

gèng

更

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Numbered pinyin
geng4
English meanings
more, still/even more, further, furthermore

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 一; bottom (Overlapping arrangement: first part 曰; second part 乂.).

  • Top

    一
  • Bottom

    ⿻
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    • First part

      曰
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    • Second part

      乂

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱一⿻曰乂

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    jīntiān今天gèng更rè热le了。

    It's even hotter today.

  2. 02

    nǐ你yào要gèng更nǔlì努力。

    You should try harder.

  3. 03

    zhè这gè个gèng更hǎo好。

    This one is better.

  4. 04

    tā他pǎo跑de得gèng更kuài快le了。

    He ran even faster.

  5. 05

    zǎo早shuì睡gèng更hǎo好。

    Sleeping early is better.

  6. 06

    zài再duō多yīxiē一些gèng更hǎo好。

    A bit more would be even better.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 变更
  • 更加
  • 更换
  • 更改
  • 更新
  • 更是
  • 更衣室
  • 自力更生