Etymology

Character Input: 根

Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 6839
GB2312-80 := B8F9
根

Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 6839
Big5 := AEDA
根

Phonetic (聲字部分): 艮 gen3 gen4 hen2

Signific (有意部分): 木 mu4 tree

Etymology (文字來源): Phonetic Signific, part of a tree 木 - root

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): gan1

Taiwanese (台灣話): kin1

English Senses For (英文): gen1
the root of a plant / a base / a foundation / the beginning, cause, or source of something / ( mathematics ) the root of a number / ( chemistry ) radical / a piece ( of string, rope, etc. ) / a ( stick, spear or thing of slender shape ) / a Chinese family name

ShuoWen (说文解字):
木株也從木艮聲

Class: traditional = simplified

Input Single Character (單字):


  Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters 

 
  s04110

  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

        L31584    L31585    L31586    L31587    L31588    L05814    L05815

   
  L05816    L05817    L05818

  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters

  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters

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