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根
gēn
1.
root
2.
basis
3.
classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
4.
CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]
5.
radical (chemistry)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
侧根
cègēn
lateral root (botany)
刨根
páogēn
lit. to dig up the root
去根
qùgēn
to cure completely
吐根
tǔgēn
ipecac
呆根
dāigēn
fool
命根
mìnggēn
lifeblood
培根
péigēn
bacon (loanword)
块根
kuàigēn
starchy tuber on roots of plants
压根
yàgēn
from the start
字根
zìgēn
character root
存根
cúngēn
stub
宿根
sùgēn
perennial root (botany)
实根
shígēn
real root (of a polynomial)
扎根
zhāgēn
to take root
拔根
bágēn
uproot
摩根
Mógēn
Morgan (name)
支根
zhīgēn
branching root
方根
fānggēn
square root
根基
gēnjī
foundation
根底
gēndǐ
foundation
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 351
- Word Frequency Rank
- 691 of 84,292