根

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

根 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木日女 (DAV), four-corner 4793₂)

1. root, base(d on)
2. foundation

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 524, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14745
• Dae Jaweon: page 912, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1208, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6839

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

根 (Yale gan1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

根 (hiragana ね, romaji ne)

1. a root
2. the source; the root
3. nature; one's character that one have by birth

[edit] Synonyms

• 根っ子 (ねっこ, nekko)

[edit] Kanji

根 (grade 3 kanji)

1. root
2. base, foundation

[edit] Readings

• On: こん (kon)
• Kun: ね (ne)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

根 (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

根 (pinyin gēn (gen1), shì (shi4), Wade-Giles ken¹, shih⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 根據
• 海葱根
• 乌头根
• 龙胆根
• 葛根
• 芦根
• 茅根