艮 gèn stubborn
Similar looking characters : 良 liáng (good)
Made with 6 strokes.
Originally a picture of a person with a staring eye suggesting obstinancy. Also the ancient trigram for 'mountain'
Sounds same
艮 gèn (Mountain) ; 艮 gènDifferent tone
跟 gēn (heel)Radical
Index 138 used in: 跟 gēn (heel) ; 很 hěn (very) ; 艰 jiān (difficult) ; 良 liáng (good) ; 银 yín (silver)
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