根

root, basis, foundation; root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)

Strokes
10
Pinyin
gēn

Parts

Words with 根

  1. 侧根cè gēn · cegenlateral root (botany)
  2. 刨根páo gēn · paogenlit. to dig up the root; to get to the heart of (the matter)
  3. 去根qù gēn · qugento cure completely
  4. 吐根tǔ gēn · tugenipecac
  5. 呆根dāi gēn · daigen(literary) idiot
  6. 命根mìng gēn · minggenlifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
  7. 城根chéng gēn · chenggensections of a city close to the city wall
  8. 培根péi gēn · peigen(loanword) bacon
  9. 块根kuài gēn · kuaigenroot tuber; tuberous root
  10. 压根yà gēn · yagen(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
  11. 字根zì gēn · zigencomponent of a Chinese character; (linguistics) word root; etymon
  12. 存根cún gēn · cungenstub
  13. 宿根sù gēn · sugenperennial root (botany)
  14. 实根shí gēn · shigenreal root (of a polynomial)
  15. 寻根xún gēn · xungento seek one's roots; to get to the bottom of a matter
  16. 山根shān gēn · shangenfoot of a hill or mountain; (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
  17. 心根xīn gēn · xingenthe innermost depths of one's heart; (Buddhism) manas (the mind)
  18. 扎根zhā gēn · zhagento take root
  19. 拔根bá gēn · bagen(lit. and fig.) to uproot
  20. 摩根mó gēn · mogenMorgan (name)
  21. 支根zhī gēn · zhigenbranching root; rootlet
  22. 方根fāng gēn · fanggen(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根[si4 ci4 fang1 gen1])
  23. 木头mù tou · mutouwood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
  24. 根基gēn jī · genjifoundation
  25. 根底gēn dǐ · gendifoundation; grounding; background
  26. 根式gēn shì · genshi(math.) a radical; a radical expression
  27. 根性gēn xìng · genxingone's true nature (Buddhism)
  28. 根插gēn chā · genchato plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings
  29. 根据gēn jù · genjuaccording to; based on; basis
  30. 根本gēn běn · genbenfundamental; basic; root

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