根源 gēnyuán▶ raíz

Stroke order

根源 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 根 — 10 strokes
• 源 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. origin
2. root (cause)

Related words

• 来源fuente
• 源泉manantial
• 电源fuente de alimentación
• 起源origen
• 归根到底en todo momento y lugar
• 根深蒂固estar profundamente arraigado; enraizado

根源 is pronounced gēnyuán and means “raíz”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 根源 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.