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

• 培根 bacon ; Francis Bacon
• 寻根究底(尋根究底) find the origin and investigate the details
• 根号(根號) radical sign √
• 古根海姆 Guggenheim (name)
• 摩尔根(摩爾根) Morgan (name)
• 阿根廷比索 Argentine peso
• 归根(歸根) to return home (after a lifetime's absence); to go back to one's roots
• 牙根 root of tooth
• 图林根(圖林根) Thuringia (state in Germany)
• 根性 innate property
• 根治 to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
• 归根究柢(歸根究柢) ultimately; in the final analysis
• 吐根 ipecac
• 墙根(牆根) foot of a wall
• 耳根子软(耳根子軟) credulous
• 约根(約根) Jurgen
• 深根固本 deep rooted, solid foundation; immovable
• 去根 to cure completely
• 追根溯源 to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth
• 嚼舌根 to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
• 耳根清净(耳根清淨) ears pure and peaceful; to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
• 盘根错节(盤根錯節) twisted roots and intertwined joints; complicated and very tricky
• 齐根(齊根) at the base; at the root; (of a leg) just below the crutch
• 归根结蒂(歸根結蒂) ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
• 听墙根儿(聽牆根兒) o eavesdrop
• 哈灵根(哈靈根) Harlingen, the Netherlands
• 字根合体字(字根合體字) stem compound
• 连根拔(連根拔) to pull up by the roots; to uproot
• 大根兰(大根蘭) Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
• 斩草除根(斬草除根) to eliminate completely at the source
• 根由 reason; cause; origin
• 呆根 fool
• 追根 to trace something back to its source
• 根除 to get rid of; to leave out
• 芦根(蘆根) reed rhizome (used in TCM)
• 不尽根(不盡根) surd
• 葛根 tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
• 字根表 table of components used in wubi input method
• 单位根(單位根) root of unity
• 香根草 vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)

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密歇根湖 、 根河 、 哥本哈根 、 密歇根州 、 古根罕喷气推进研究中心 、 卑尔根 、 乌尔根奇 、 哈根达斯 、 格罗宁根 、 密歇根 、 弗兰西斯・培根

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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
• 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 14
• 卷五十二 Scroll 52 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 发根 (髮根) 游水發根乃言曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3
• 兰根 (蘭根) 蘭根出 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 3