字根
zì​gēn

character component

  • created sense approved 字根 · zì​gēn · character component — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    字根

    zì​gēn

    character component

    The root or basic building block of a Chinese character; often used to describe the phonetic or semantic components from which other characters are derived.

    字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character 根 (literal) → 根 · gēn · base

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 字根 · zì​gēn · word root — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    字根

    zì​gēn

    word root

    (linguistics) The base form of a word from which other words are built by adding prefixes or suffixes; an etymon.

    字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character 根 (literal) → 根 · gēn · source

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense