根 gēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
根
gēn
root; a measure word for long thin things
Character
Example phrases
- 一根香蕉。 Yì gēn xiāngjiāo. One banana.
- 这根笔很长。 Zhè gēn bǐ hěn cháng. This pen is very long.
- 树根很深。 Shùgēn hěn shēn. The tree roots are deep.
Related words
- 根本 gēnběn simply; basic
- 根据 gēnjù according to
- 棵 kē a measure word for plants
- 替 tì for; instead of
- 首 shǒu a measure word for songs and poems
- 着 zháo to successfully do (result ending)
- 批 pī a measure word for batches
- 得 děi must; have to
- 打 dá a dozen (measure word)
- 俩 liǎ two people
- 倍 bèi times (multiplication)
- 些 xiē some; a few