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On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

gēn ㄍㄣ

    • root
    • basis
    • classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
    • radical (chemistry)

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read gēn

In the same tone

  • 跟 gēn with

gen with other tones

  • 艮 gěn blunt
  • 哏 gén funny
  • 亘 gèn extending all the way across
  • 茛 gèn ranunculus

All 6 words read gen in any tone

Other words read gēn

In the same tone

  • 跟 gēn with

gen with other tones

  • 艮 gěn blunt
  • 哏 gén funny
  • 亙 gèn extending all the way across
  • 茛 gèn ranunculus

All 6 words read gen in any tone

How 根 is written

    部首 radical
    木
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    木艮
    形旁 meaning
    木
    声旁 sound
    艮

    Easy to confuse with 根

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