根
根 in English
- root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)
Measure word
- 条 tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) attested
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 6 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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X光片显示两根手指断了。
The X-ray showed two broken fingers.
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不能根据服装来判断一个人。
You can't judge a person based on clothing.
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不要根据封面来判断一本书。
Don't judge a book by its cover.
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从根部把植物拔出来。
Pull the plant up by the roots.
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他停下来抽根烟。
He paused to have a cigarette.
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他割掉了树上的几根树枝。
He cut some branches off the tree.
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他根本不相信我。
He doesn't believe me at all.
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他的頭撞到了一根柱子。
He bumped his head against a post.