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亘

gèn

Character Traditional 亙

What 亘 means

1. extending all the way across
2. running all the way through

Words starting with 亘

• 亘古gèn gǔthroughout time; from ancient times (up to the present)
• 亘古不变gèn gǔ bù biànunchanging since times immemorial (idiom); unalterable; unvarying
• 亘古未有gèn gǔ wèi yǒuunprecedented; never seen since ancient times
• 亘古通今gèn gǔ tōng jīnfrom ancient times up to now; throughout history

Words containing 亘

• 盘亘pán gènlinked in a unbroken chain
• 绵亘mián gènto stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)

Characters that look like 亘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆
• 岚lán(bound form) mountain mist

Sounds the same

Read gèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 艮one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
• 茛ranunculus