根
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #375 U+6839
How 根 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
How to remember it
root · Heisig RSH #1145
木 tree + silver
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | gèn | blunt; tough, chewy |
| 眼 | yǎn | eyelet, hole, opening |
| 银 | yín | silver; cash, money, wealth |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw |
| 限 | xiàn | boundary, limit, line |
| 恨 | hèn | to dislike, to hate, to resent |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to accompany, to follow; with |
| 痕 | hén | scar, mark; vestige, trace |
| 龈 | yín | gums |
| 狠 | hěn | vicious, fierce, cruel |
| 垦 | kěn | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim |
| 恳 | kěn | sincere, earnest, cordial |
| 垠 | yín | boundary, river bank |
| 哏 | gén | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd |
| 很 | hěn | very, quite, much |
| 茛 | gèn | ranunculus |
| 裉 | kèn | a garment seam |
Words containing 根
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气生根 | qì shēng gēn | aerial root (botany) |
| 根河市 | Gēn hé Shì | Genhe, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mo… |
| 安重根 | Ān Zhòng gēn | An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assass… |
| 落地生根 | luò dì shēng gēn | air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum); to put down roots |
| 平方根 | píng fāng gēn | square root |
| 根本法 | gēn běn fǎ | fundamental law; body of basic laws |
| 大根兰 | dà gēn lán | Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl. |
| 海尼根 | Hǎi ní gēn | Heineken (Dutch brewing company); see also 喜力[Xi3 li4] |
| 山根 | shān gēn | foot of a hill or mountain; (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes) |
| 心根 | xīn gēn | the innermost depths of one's heart; (Buddhism) manas (the mind) |
| 生根 | shēng gēn | to take root |
| 根性 | gēn xìng | one's true nature (Buddhism) |
| 二重根 | èr chóng gēn | a double root of an equation |
| 气根 | qì gēn | aerial root (botany) |
| 根特 | Gēn tè | Ghent, city in Belgium |
| 命根子 | mìng gēn zi | see 命根[ming4 gen1] |
| 里根 | Lǐ gēn | Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) |
| 草根网民 | cǎo gēn wǎng mín | grassroots netizens |
| 词根语 | cí gēn yǔ | (linguistics) analytic language |
| 哈根达斯 | Hā gēn Dá sī | Häagen-Dazs |