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
根治
gēnzhì
to cure completely; to eradicate
Characters in this word
治 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 台 platform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 想根治河流污染，必须同时治理上游工厂和沿岸生活污水。 Xiǎng gēnzhì héliú wūrǎn, bìxū tóngshí zhìlǐ shàngyóu gōngchǎng hé yán'àn shēnghuó wūshuǐ. To eradicate river pollution, upstream factories and domestic wastewater along the banks must be treated at the same time.
- 这种病很难根治，需要长期调养。 Zhè zhǒng bìng hěn nán gēnzhì, xūyào chángqī tiáoyǎng. This illness is hard to cure completely and needs long-term care.
- 他下决心根治自己拖延的老毛病。 Tā xià juéxīn gēnzhì zìjǐ tuōyán de lǎo máobìng. He resolved to cure himself of his old habit of procrastinating once and for all.
Related words
- 根本 gēnběn simply; basic
- 根 gēn root; a measure word for long thin things
- 根据 gēnjù according to
- 根基 gēnjī foundation; basis
- 根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù deep-rooted; ingrained
- 根源 gēnyuán root cause; source; to be rooted in
- 归根到底 guīgēndàodǐ in the final analysis; ultimately
- 扎根 zhāgēn to take root
- 政治 zhèngzhì politics
- 治 zhì to treat; to cure
- 治疗 zhìliáo medical treatment
- 防治 fángzhì to prevent and treat