根
Meanings
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- 1.root
- 2.basis
- 3.classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- 4.CL:条[tiáo]
- 5.radical (chemistry)
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Wiktionary
- 1.root (Classifier: 條／条 m)
- 2.base; basis; foundation
- 3.family root; ancestors
- 4.descendant; offspring
- 5.source; origin
- 6.penis (Classifier: 條／条 m)
- 7.indriya; faculty; spiritual faculty
- 8.root
- 9.solution to an algebraic equation (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 10.radical
- 11.completely; from the source
- 12.Classifier for long, slender objects, such as cigarettes, fingers, candles, ropes, and guitar strings. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kɯːn): semantic 木 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns). Possibly of Austroasiatic origin (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *(d)kər (“tree, plant”) (whence Proto-Vietic *kəl > Vietnamese cây, Muong câl), *d₂gəl ~ d₂g(əə)l (“trunk; stump”) (whence Khmer គល់ (kŭəl, “stump; floating log”), Proto-Monic *t(l)gəl (“stump”)). Alternatively, Smith (2011) proposes a derivation from 荄 (OC *kɯː, “grassroot”) with redundant nominalizing suffix *-n. See 荄 for more.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他停下来抽根烟。
He stopped for a quick cigarette.
他停下来抽根烟。
He paused to have a cigarette.
謠言是毫無根據的。
The rumors are unfounded.
謠言是毫無根據的。
The rumor was without foundation.
她停下来抽了根烟。
She stopped to smoke a cigarette.
你一週吃多少根香蕉？
How many bananas do you eat a week?
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