gēn

root

basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)

wood (木) + sound (艮) = root or foundation

The wood radical grounds the meaning in trees and plants, where roots are the literal foundation. 艮 mainly gives the sound gēn and does not carry the root meaning.

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WoodSemantic
StubbornPhonetic

Words with 根

连根拔

lián gēn bá

to pull up by the roots

酸根

suān gēn

negative ion

里根

lǐ gēn

Reagan (name)

银根

yín gēn

(finance) money supply

阿根廷

ā gēn tíng

Argentina

除根

chú gēn

to root out

雷根

léi gēn

Taiwan equivalent of 里根[Li3 gen1]

香根草

xiāng gēn cǎo

vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)

须根

xū gēn

fibrous root

齐根

qí gēn

at the base

齿根

chǐ gēn

root of a tooth

一根筋

yī gēn jīn

stubborn

More characters with 木