根 (gēn)
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects
How 根 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Traditional
- 根
- Simplified
- 根 (unchanged)
Components
- 木 tree
- 艮 stopping
Common words using 根
- 根據 gēnjù
- according to; based on; basis
- 根本 gēnběn
- fundamental; basic; root
- 草根 cǎogēn
- grassroots
- 哈根達斯 hāgēndásī
- Häagen-Dazs
- 培根 péigēn
- bacon
- 壓根 yàgēn
- from the start; absolutely; entirely
- 壓根兒 yàgēnr
- erhua variant of 壓根|压根[ya4 gen1]; from the start; absolutely
- 扎根 zhāgēn
- take root
- 根源 gēnyuán
- origin; root (cause)
- 阿根廷 āgēntíng
- Argentina
- 一根筋 yīgēnjīn
- stubborn; inflexible; one-track minded
- 刨根 páogēn
- lit. to dig up the root; to get to the heart of (the matter)
根 in a sentence
樹的根長得很深。
Shù de gēn zhǎng de hěn shēn.
“The tree's roots grow very deep.”
How common is 根?
根 is the 352nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 68.2% of all running text.
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