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根
Mandarin · pinyin gēn
Meanings
- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- Classifier: 條 tiáo
- radical (chemistry)
Characters in this entry
- 根
- gēn · root, base(d on); foundation
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Mandarin tones
1 · gen1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gan1
Cantonese word readings for 根. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (botany) root (Classifier: 條／条 m)
- base; basis; foundation
- family root; ancestors
- (figurative) descendant; offspring
- source; origin
- (figurative) penis (Classifier: 條／条 m)
- (Buddhism) indriya; faculty; spiritual faculty
- (arithmetic) root
- (mathematics) solution to an algebraic equation (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- (chemistry) radical
- (computing) root
- completely; from the source
- Classifier for long, slender objects, such as cigarettes, fingers, candles, ropes, and guitar strings. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
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