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

• 维特根斯坦(維特根斯坦) Wittgenstein (name)
• 字根通用码(字根通用碼) common coding for components of Chinese character
• 命根 the effort to preserve life ; main root of a plant
• 存根 stub
• 根性 innate property
• 块根(塊根) root tuber; tuberous root
• 拔根 to uproot
• 摘根 to pull out by the roots
• 斩草除根(斬草除根) to eliminate completely at the source
• 摩根 Morgan
• 植根 to take root; to establish a base
• 追根 to trace something back to its source
• 哈灵根(哈靈根) Harlingen, the Netherlands
• 根器 temperament; personal character ; personal background ; male genitals
• 苦根 underlying cause of poverty
• 字根 component of Chinese character
• 吐根 ipecac
• 根汁汽水 root beer
• 根由 reason; cause; origin
• 根据地(根據地) a base of operations
• 剪草除根 cut grass and pull out roots; to eradicate
• 盘根错节(盤根錯節) twisted roots and intertwined joints; complicated and very tricky
• 归根结柢(歸根結柢) ultimately; in the final analysis
• 植根于(植根於) to be rooted to; to take root in
• 刨根儿(刨根兒) to get to the root of a matter
• 辣根 horseradish
• 根柢 a plant root ; a foundation; a basis
• 离合根(離合根) separation and reunion with the source
• 实根(實根) real root (of a polynomial)
• 板蓝根(板藍根) indigo woad root; root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
• 平方根 square root
• 深根固本 deep rooted, solid foundation; immovable
• 城根 base of the city wall; sections of a city close to the city wall
• 寻根究底(尋根究底) find the origin and investigate the details
• 刨根 to dig up the root; to get to the heart of (the matter)
• 归根(歸根) to return home (after a lifetime's absence); to go back to one's roots
• 根子 source; root; origin
• 乙酸根 acetyl radical
• 一根筋 stubborn; inflexible; one-track minded
• 立方根 cubic root
• 共轭根式(共軛根式) conjugate surd

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埃尔朗根纲领 、 海尼根 、 根西岛 、 阿根廷 、 密歇根 、 哥本哈根 、 词根 、 摩根·弗里曼 、 申根区 、 箱根

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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
• 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 14
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 根言 (根言) 游水發根言上郡有巫 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies — count: 3
• 根曰 (根曰) 乃說根曰 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十五 眭兩夏侯京翼李傳 Volume 75: Sui, two Xiahous, Jing, Ji and Li — count: 3