Memory phrase for the Kanji: 根


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Meaning root, basis, classifier for long slender objects (cigarettes)

Pronunciation

gēn

Explanation

Left: tree , right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but the accent is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic


 
(not usable as timber) The tree is not good at the roots. (... or if it is too slender)

Radicals

tree
not goodThis is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden.
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 Vocabulary

 根本  gēn běn  fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
 根茎  gēn jīng  stolon; runner; rhizome; rhizoma
 舌根  shé gēn  back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal
 祸根  huò gēn  root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
 归根结蒂  guī gēn jié dì  ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
 根深蒂固  gēn shēn dì gù  deep-rooted (problem etc)
 块根  kuài gēn  starchy tuber on roots of plants
 平方根  píng fāng gēn  square root
 根据地  gēn jù dì  base of operations
 根据  gēn jù  according to; based on; basis; foundation
 根式  gēn shì  surd (math.); algebraic expression involving a square root or other irrationality
 根式  gēn shì  

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