根 gēn▶ akar

Stroke order

根 is written in 10 strokes.

• 根

Senses

1. root
2. basis
3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
4. radical (chemistry)

Related words

• 根本sama sekali
• 根源akar
• 归根到底setiap waktu dan tempat
• 根深蒂固berakar dalam; mengakar
• 根据menurut

根 is pronounced gēn and means “akar”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 根 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.