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根
Pinyin: gēn
English Definition: root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; Classifiers: 条 ; radical (chemistry)
Chinese Definition:
①高等植物茎干下部长在土里的部分：根植。根茎。根瘤。根毛。根雕。须根。块根。扎根。叶落归根。
②物体的基部和其他东西连着的部分：根底。根基。墙根儿。
③事物的本源：根源。根由。根本。知根知底。
④彻底：根除。根究。根治。
⑤依据，作为根本：根椐。
⑥量词，指长条的东西：两根筷子。
⑦数学上称一数开平方所得的值为“平方根”，开立方所得的值为“立方根”。
⑧数学上指代数方程式内未知数的值。
⑨化学上指带电的基：氨根。硫酸根。
Antonyms: 梢
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 木
Pictophonetic: 艮 indicates the sound; 木 (tree) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • 艮 [ gěn ] blunt; tough, chewy
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根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; Classifiers: 个
根据 gēn jù according to; based on; basis; foundation; Classifiers: 个
根源 gēn yuán origin; root (cause)
根据地 gēn jù dì base of operations
扎根 zhā gēn to take root
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