(gēng)

19 strokes

thick soup

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
gēng
Meaning
thick soup
Strokes
19
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱羔美

A pleasing 美 lamb 羔 soup

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

19 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cángēng

leftovers from a meal

Open 残羹 page →
piáogēng

(dialect) spoon

Open 瓢羹 page →
yánggēng

yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar,…

Open 羊羹 page →
tiáogēng

spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)

Open 调羹 page →

(fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff

Open 闭门羹 page →

(fig.) to have a slice of the pie

Open 分一杯羹 page →

to be refused entrance; to find the door closed

Open 吃闭门羹 page →

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet

Open 羹藜含糗 page →

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