Chinese symbol for “somersault”
跟斗
gēn dou
somersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for somersault is 跟斗 (gēn dou), defined as: somersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “somersault”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻腾 (翻騰) | fān téng | (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe; to somersault; to tumble; to flip |
| 跟头 (跟頭) | gēn tou | tumble; somersault |
| 筋斗 | jīn dǒu | tumble; somersault |
| 空翻 | kōng fān | flip; somersault |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 跟斗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跟着 (跟著) | gēn zhe | to follow after; immediately afterwards |
| 跟踪 (跟蹤) | gēn zōng | to follow sb's tracks; to tail |
| 跟随 (跟隨) | gēn suí | to follow |
| 跟进 (跟進) | gēn jìn | to follow; to follow up |
| 跟上 | gēn shàng | to catch up with; to keep pace with |
| 高跟鞋 | gāo gēn xié | high-heeled shoes |
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “somersault”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.