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<WL>根 [gēn] root (树根 ‘tree roots’); basis (根据 on the basis of; according to); 根本, 根底 foundation; 归根到底 in the final analysis
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<WL>根 [gēn] root (树根 ‘tree roots’); basis (根据 on the basis of; according to); 根本, 根底 foundation; 归根到底 in the final analysis@@; (HDZ:) …
 
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The character 根(􀾄𣒨) gēn ‘tree root/trunk/stump’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree’, and 艮(􁙞𥃩) gèn (phonetic).
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The character 根(􀾄𣒨) gēn ‘tree root/trunk/stump’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree’, and 艮(􁙞𥃩) gèn (phonosemantic).
Note: The old meaning was ‘tree root/trunk/stump’ (SW: 木株), but in later usage ‘root/stalk’ of plants in general (as in 菜根, 草根), of teeth (齿根), ‘root/foot/basis’ of things in general and in more abstract senses, ‘origin/cause’, and also ‘root/radix’ in math (方根, 根号, 根数).
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Note: Formerly 根 gēn ‘tree root/trunk/stump’ (SW: 木株), but in later usage ‘root/stalk’ of plants in general (as in 菜根, 草根), of teeth (齿根), ‘root/foot/basis’ of things in general and in more abstract senses, ‘origin/cause’, and also ‘root/radix’ in math (方根, 根号, 根数).
 
Compare: 跟(􀖋𨁞) gēn ‘heel (of foot/shoe/sock)’.
 
Compare: 跟(􀖋𨁞) gēn ‘heel (of foot/shoe/sock)’.
 
HDZ: 根 : gēn : 植物长在土中 (或水中) 的部分; 物体的基部 (耳根, 舌根, 城根, 墙根); 事物的本源, 根由 (祸根, 穷根, 刨根问底, 知根知底); 植根; 追究, 根究; 根除, 彻底清楚; (佛学) ((六根); 生殖器); (数学) (方根); (化学) (氨根, 硫酸根); (量词) (一根木柱, 两根钢钎, 三根丝线); 边, 前
 
HDZ: 根 : gēn : 植物长在土中 (或水中) 的部分; 物体的基部 (耳根, 舌根, 城根, 墙根); 事物的本源, 根由 (祸根, 穷根, 刨根问底, 知根知底); 植根; 追究, 根究; 根除, 彻底清楚; (佛学) ((六根); 生殖器); (数学) (方根); (化学) (氨根, 硫酸根); (量词) (一根木柱, 两根钢钎, 三根丝线); 边, 前

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