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耿

gěng

Character

What 耿 means

1. literarybright; brilliant
2. honest; upright

Other readings

耿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gěngsurname Geng

Words starting with 耿

• 耿耿于怀gěng gěng yú huáito take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
• 耿直gěng zhíhonest; frank; candid
• 耿介gěng jièupright and outstanding
• 耿耿gěng gěngbright; devoted; having sth on one's mind
• 耿饼gěng bǐngdried persimmon (from Geng village, Heze 荷泽, Shandong)
• 耿马傣族佤族自治县Gěng mǎ Dǎi zú Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiànGengma Dai and Va Autonomous County, in Lincang City 临沧市
• 耿马Gěng mǎsee 耿马傣族佤族自治县
• 耿马县Gěng mǎ Xiànsee 耿马傣族佤族自治县

Words containing 耿

• 忠心耿耿zhōng xīn gěng gěngloyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true

Characters built on 火

These share the phonetic component 火 (huǒ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern
• 烽fēngbeacon fire

Characters that look like 耿

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

• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 职zhíoffice; duty
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 秋qiūautumn; fall; harvest time
• 耽dānto indulge in; to delay

Sounds the same

Read gěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 梗branch; stem; stalk
• 颈used in 脖颈
• 哽to choke with emotion; to choke on a piece of food
• 埂strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields
• 绠(literary) well rope (for drawing water)
• 鲠to choke on a piece of food
• 郠(place name)