Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
根
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
根
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
根
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
根
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
根
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
根
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
根
Regular
Modern
Chinese
根 [gēn]
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiáo]; radical (chemistry)
Japanese
noun
- root (of a plant)
- root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
- root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
- one's true nature
- (fishing) reef
noun
- stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
- radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily)
- root
- indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
根 こたかね
Kotakane surname
根 こん
Kon surname
根 こんざき
Konzaki surname
根 ね
Ne place name
根 ねさき
Nesaki surname
根 ねざき
Nezaki surname
根 ねね
Nene unclassified name
根 ねまわし
Nemawashi unclassified name
根 ねまわり
Nemawari unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
根本 [gēnběn] #342
fundamental
根据 [gēnjù] #1,063
according to
根据 [gēnjù] #1,063
according to
阿根廷 [Agēntíng] #7,026
Argentina
根源 [gēnyuán] #11,297
origin
摩根 [Mógēn] #6,552
Morgan (name)
草根 [cǎogēn] #27,986
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
根据地 [gēnjùdì] #33,687
base of operations
根据地 [gēnjùdì] #33,687
base of operations
培根 [péigēn] #10,872
bacon (loanword)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 屋根 [やね] #2,406
roof
⭐ 根拠 [こんきょ] #2,923
basis
⭐ 羽 [はね] #3,678
feather
⭐ 根性 [こんじょう] #5,738
willpower
⭐ 根本的 [こんぽんてき] #5,882
fundamental
根元 [ねもと] #6,069
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.)
眉根を寄せる [まゆねをよせる] #9,653
to frown
⭐ 付け根 [つけね] #11,334
root
根こそぎ [ねこそぎ] #12,277
uprooting
⭐ 大根 [だいこん] #12,809
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
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