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根源
gēnyuán
1. origin
2. root (cause)
HSK 6 Common • Top 15%

Character Breakdown

根
gēn
root, basis, foundation
HSK 3 10 丶
源
yuán
spring; source, root, head; surname
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (1)

究其根源
jiūqígēnyuán
to trace something to its source (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
12,397 of 84,292