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根

gēn

HSK 5 Character Measure word 条

What 根 means

1. root
2. basis
3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
4. radical (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 我根本不累。
  I'm not at all tired.
• 我根本不信。
  I don't believe it at all.
• 无根据的推测。
  Wú gēnjù de tuīcè.
  Baseless speculations.
• 我在箱根渡假。
  Wǒ zài Xiānggēn dùjià.
  I spent my vacation in Hakone.
• 它根本不是梦。
  It's not a dream at all.
• 我放几根黄瓜？
  Shall I put in a few cucumbers?

Words starting with 根

• 根本gēn běnfundamental; basic; root
• 根据gēn jùaccording to; based on; basis
• 根源gēn yuánorigin; root (cause)
• 根深蒂固gēn shēn dì gùdeep-rooted (problem etc)
• 根据地gēn jù dìbase of operations
• 根基gēn jīfoundation
• 根治gēn zhìto bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
• 根除gēn chúto eradicate
• 根底gēn dǐfoundation; grounding; background
• 根式gēn shì(math) a radical; a radical expression
• 根性gēn xìngone's true nature (Buddhism)
• 根特Gēn tèGhent, city in Belgium
• 根由gēn yóuthe whys and the wherefores; the detailed story; root cause
• 根系gēn xìroot system
• 根号gēn hàoradical sign √ (math.)
• 根本法gēn běn fǎfundamental law; body of basic laws
• 根须gēn xūroots
• 根究gēn jiūto investigate (sth) thoroughly; to get to the bottom of
• 根目录gēn mù lù(computing) root directory
• 根音gēn yīnroot of chord
• 根西岛Gēn xī dǎoGuernsey (Channel Islands)
• 根绝gēn juéto eradicate
• 根管治疗gēn guǎn zhì liáoroot canal therapy (dentistry)
• 根河市Gēn hé ShìGenhe, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼伦贝尔市

Words containing 根

• 归根到底guī gēn dào dǐafter all; in the final analysis; ultimately
• 阿根廷Ā gēn tíngArgentina
• 压根yà gēn(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
• 草根cǎo gēngrass roots (lit. and fig.)
• 扎根zhā gēnto take root
• 墙根qiáng gēnfoot of a wall
• 生根shēng gēnto take root
• 树根shù gēntree roots
• 词根cí gēn(linguistics) root
• 归根结底guī gēn jié dǐin the final analysis; ultimately
• 哥本哈根Gē běn hā gēnCopenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
• 寻根xún gēnto seek one's roots; to get to the bottom of a matter
• 耳根ěr gēnbase of the ear; ear; (Buddhism) sense of hearing
• 字根zì gēncomponent of a Chinese character; (linguistics) word root; etymon
• 牙根yá gēnroot of tooth
• 培根péi gēn(loanword) bacon
• 病根bìng gēnan incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble
• 祸根huò gēnroot of the trouble; cause of the ruin
• 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēnto cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch…
• 去根qù gēnto cure completely
• 实根shí gēnreal root (of a polynomial)
• 心根xīn gēnthe innermost depths of one's heart; (Buddhism) manas (the mind)
• 支根zhī gēnbranching root; rootlet
• 方根fāng gēn(math) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根

Characters built on 艮

These share the phonetic component 艮 (gěn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 跟gēnheel; to follow closely; to go with
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 恳kěnearnest
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 茛gènranunculus

Characters that look like 根

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 垠yínlimit; border; river bank
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read gēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 跟heel; to follow closely; to go with