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HSK 5
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)
病根
bìnggēn
an incompletely cured illness
辣根
làgēn
horseradish
业根
yègēn
the root cause (of evil)
男根
nángēn
penis
脚根
jiǎogēn
variant of [[腳跟|脚跟<jiǎogēn>]]
词根
cígēn
radical of a compound word (in European language)
根音
gēnyīn
root of chord
植根
zhígēn
to take root
毛根
máogēn
a strand of hair
申根
Shēngēn
Schengen
直根
zhígēn
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
约根
Yuēgēn
Jurgen (name)
苦根
kǔgēn
underlying cause of poverty
葛根
gégēn
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) used in Chinese medicine
根号
gēnhào
radical sign √ (math.)
根除
gēnchú
to eradicate
摩根
Mógēn
Morgan (name)
根须
gēnxū
roots
根本
gēnběn
fundamental
归根
guīgēn
to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 351
- Word Frequency Rank
- 691 of 84,292