耿 — Chinese character
耿
gěng
bright, shining; brave, loyal
- Pinyin
- gěng
- Radical
- 128 ⽿ (Ear)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 耳 火
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火
- Japanese
- 耿 as a kanji
Common words with 耿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耿耿于怀 (耿耿於懷) | gěng gěng yú huái | to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding |
| 耿直 | gěng zhí | honest; frank; candid |
| 忠心耿耿 | zhōng xīn gěng gěng | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true |
| 耿耿 | gěng gěng | bright; devoted |
| 耿介 | gěng jiè | upright and outstanding |
| 耿饼 (耿餅) | gěng bǐng | dried persimmon (from Geng village, Heze 荷澤|荷泽, Shandong) |
English words written with 耿
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.