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What 根 means

root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (tree), phonetic 艮

Made of 木 + 艮

Words with 根

• 根本gēn běnfundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
• 根据gēn jùaccording to; based on; basis; foundation
• 压根yà gēn(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
• 根源gēn yuánorigin; root (cause)
• 根除gēn chúto eradicate
• 树根shù gēntree roots
• 根基gēn jīfoundation
• 扎根zhā gēnto take root
• 草根cǎo gēngrass roots (lit. and fig.)
• 生根shēng gēnto take root
• 归根结底guī gēn jié dǐin the final analysis; ultimately
• 根深蒂固gēn shēn dì gùdeep-rooted (problem etc)

根 in a sentence

• 价格根据需求变化。

  jià gé gēn jù xū qiú biàn huà 。

  The price varies with demand.

• 我想您要拿到驾照根本不难。

  wǒ xiǎng nín yào ná dào jià zhào gēn běn bù nán 。

  I think you'll have very little difficulty in getting a driver's license.

• 给我拿两根粉笔来，谢谢。

  gěi wǒ ná liǎng gēn fěn bǐ lái ， xiè xiè 。

  Please bring me two pieces of chalk.

• 你要培根还是要香肠?

  nǐ yào péi gēn hái shì yào xiāng cháng ?

  Would you like bacon or sausage?

• 我从树上砍下了一根树枝。

  wǒ cóng shù shàng kǎn xià le yì gēn shù zhī 。

  I cut a branch from the tree.

Characters that sound like 根

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