根 gēn

1. gēn noun origin; cause; basis
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 根源 (CCD '根' 4; FE '根' 3; GHDC '根' 3; GHDC '根' 3)
2. gēn noun radical
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Chemistry
   Notes: (CCD '根' 10; FE '根' 5)
3. gēn measure word a piece
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: A measure word for slender shaped things(CCD '根' 7; FE '根' 6; GHDC '根' 3; GHDC '根' 1)
4. gēn noun a plant root
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany
   Notes: (CCD '根' 1; FE '根' 1; GHDC '根' 3)
5. gēn noun base; foot
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '根' 3; FE '根' 2; GHDC '根' 3; GHDC '根' 2)
6. gēn adverb completely; thoroughly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 彻底 (CCD '根' 5; GHDC '根' 3)
7. gēn noun offspring
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '根' 2)
8. gēn noun a square root; to nth root; the solution of a mathematical equation
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
   Notes: (CCD '根' 9; FE '根' 4; GHDC '根' 4)
9. gēn bound form according to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 根据 (CCD '根' 6)
10. gēn proper noun gen
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (FE '根' 7)

Contained in

• 单根独苗(單根獨苗) an only child
• 根汁汽水 root beer
• 深根柢固 deep rooted, solid foundation; immovable
• 气根(氣根) aerial root
• 心根 the innermost depths of one's heart
• 葛根 tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
• 归根结柢(歸根結柢) ultimately; in the final analysis
• 共轭根式(共軛根式) conjugate surd
• 剪草除根 cut grass and pull out roots; to eradicate
• 培根 bacon ; Francis Bacon
• 根系(根繫) a root system
• 基根 foundation
• 摘根 to pull out by the roots
• 除根 to root out; to eliminate the roots; to cure once and for all
• 根状茎(根狀莖) rhizome (biol.); root stock
• 拔根 to uproot
• 字根表 table of components used in wubi input method
• 祸根(禍根) root of the trouble; cause of the ruin
• 根性 innate property
• 立方根 cubic root
• 六根 the six sense organs
• 支根 branching root; rootlet
• 斩草除根(斬草除根) to eliminate completely at the source
• 根管治疗(根管治療) root canal therapy (dentistry)
• 盘根错节(盤根錯節) twisted roots and intertwined joints; complicated and very tricky
• 根音 root of chord
• 香根草 vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
• 根号(根號) radical sign √
• 刨根问底(刨根問底) to dig up roots and inquire at the base; to get to the bottom of sth
• 根据规定(根據規定) according to provisions; as stipulated in the rules
• 根由 reason; cause; origin
• 字根通用码(字根通用碼) common coding for components of Chinese character
• 追根求源 to track something to its roots
• 高根 cocaine
• 席凡宁根(席凡寧根) Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
• 归根究柢(歸根究柢) ultimately; in the final analysis
• 少根筋 dim-witted; foolish; absent-minded
• 落叶归根(落葉歸根) a falling leaf returns to the roots; fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home
• 根基 foundation
• 摩尔根(摩爾根) Morgan (name)

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• 卷二三　列傳第十五　 魏蘭根 崔悛 Volume 23 Biographies 15: Wei Langen; Cui Quan Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 33
• 卷十八 列傳第十二 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 18: Zhang Huishao; Feng Daogen; Kang Xuan; Chang Yizhi Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 32
• 卷五十六　列傳第四十四:　魏收 魏長賢 魏季景 魏蘭根 Volume 56 Biographies 44: Wei Shou, Wei Zhangxian, Wei Jijing, Wei Langen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 25
• 卷九十八 元后傳 Volume 98: Wang Zhengjun Book of Han 漢書 — count: 22
• 卷五十五　列傳第四十五 王茂 曹景宗 席闡文 夏侯詳 士瞻 蔡道恭 楊公則 鄧元起 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 55 Biographies 45: Wang Mao, Cao Jingzong, Xi Chanwen, Xiao Houxiang, Shi Zhan, Cai Daogong, Yan Gongze, Deng Yuanqi, Zhang Huishao, Feng Daogen, Kang Xuan, Chang Yizhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 21
• 卷三十四　列傳第二十二:　游雅 高閭 趙逸 胡叟 胡方回 張湛 段承根 闞駰 劉延明 趙柔 索敞 宋繇 江式 Volume 34 Biographies 22: You Ya, Gao Lu, Zhao Yi, Hu Sou, Hu Fanggui, Zhang Zhan, Duan Chenggen, Kang Yin, Liu Yanming, Zhao Rou, Sou Chang, Song Yao, Jiang Shi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 20
• 卷55 游明根 劉芳 Volume 55: You Minggen, Liu Fang Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 19
• 卷十八 志第八 禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 14
• 卷五十七 杜欒劉李劉謝列傳 Volume 57: Biographies of Du, Luan, Liu, Li, Liu, Xie Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 14

Collocations

• 侯根 (侯根) 曲陽侯根前以大司馬建社稷策 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十一 哀帝紀 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai — count: 14
• 侯王根 (侯王根) 私賂遺上所幸趙昭儀及帝舅票騎將軍曲陽侯王根 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十一 哀帝紀 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai — count: 6
• 终根 (終根) 侯終根元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 6
• 根牟 (根牟) 取根牟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
• 王根 (王根) 昭儀及帝舅大司馬驃騎將軍王根 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十一 匡張孔馬傳 Volume 81: Kuang, Zhang, Kong and Ma — count: 4
• 根深 (根深) 根深則本固 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 4
• 取根 (取根) 取根牟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 琅根 (琅根) 木門倉琅根 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 4
• 根荄 (根荄) 其根荄皆發於地而華形於天 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
• 公子根 (公子根) 公子根取東周 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 3