Memory phrase for the character: 根

根

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

Pronunciation

gēn

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 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

木 tree
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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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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