gēn

root; basis

HSK 3 #352

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 352nd character
Radical ⽊ (75.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 1850

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 根

Word Meaning
Urgench, city in Uzbekistan
foot of a wall
Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area shēn gēn qū
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
penis
to probe deeply; to get to the bottom of it
to question closely; to get to the bottom
to get to the bottom; investigate thoroughly
dig into the root of a problem; probe deeply
complex and tangled; hard to solve or remove
complicated; hard to deal with
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
to trace something to its source (idiom)
who do (you) think (you) are?
who do (you) think (you) are?
Jurgen (name)
Jurgen (name)
Wittgenstein (name)
ear
credulous
credulous