The Chinese word for root is
根
gēn
Chinese Definition
| root | |
| 1. 名词. 根 |
Translations for root and their definitions
| 根 | |
| 1. (botany) root | |
| 2. base; basis; foundation | |
| 3. family root; ancestors | |
| 4. (figurative) descendant; offspring | |
| 5. source; origin | |
| 6. (figurative) penis | |
| 7. (Buddhism) indriya; faculty; spiritual faculty | |
| 8. (arithmetic) root | |
| 9. (mathematics) solution to an algebraic equation | |
| 10. (chemistry) radical | |
| 11. (computing) root | |
| 根 目錄 - root directory | |
| 根 分區 - root partition | |
| 12. completely; from the source |
| 詞根 | |
| 1. n. word stem; root |
| 根源 | |
| 1. n. root; cause; source; origin | |
| 找 到 事情 的 根源 - to get to the root of the matter |
| 语根 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 語根 |
| 词根 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 詞根 |
| 語根 | |
| 1. n. root (of a word) |
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