gēn

root

basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)

wood (木) + sound (艮) = root or foundation

The wood radical grounds the meaning in trees and plants, where roots are the literal foundation. 艮 mainly gives the sound gēn and does not carry the root meaning.

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WoodSemantic
StubbornPhonetic

这棵树的长得很深。

zhè kē shù de gēn zhǎng de hěn shēn。

the roots of this tree grow very deep.

他从口袋里拿出一筷子。

tā cóng kǒudài lǐ ná chū yī gēn kuàizi。

he took one chopstick out of his pocket.

Words with 根

连根拔

lián gēn bá

to pull up by the roots

酸根

suān gēn

negative ion

里根

lǐ gēn

Reagan (name)

银根

yín gēn

(finance) money supply

阿根廷

ā gēn tíng

Argentina

除根

chú gēn

to root out

雷根

léi gēn

Taiwan equivalent of 里根[Li3 gen1]

香根草

xiāng gēn cǎo

vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)

须根

xū gēn

fibrous root

齐根

qí gēn

at the base

齿根

chǐ gēn

root of a tooth

一根筋

yī gēn jīn

stubborn

More characters with 木