Read Edit View history Discussion 根 gēn HSK3 root Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gēn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 根 Simp strokes 根 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 根 Simp strokes 根 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 根 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 112, 534 ], [ 138, 529 ], [ 178, 533 ], [ 389, 594 ], [ 434, 595 ] ], [ [ 261, 824 ], [ 304, 783 ], [ 314, 759 ], [ 307, 641 ], [ 303, 302 ], [ 299, 193 ], [ 286, 80 ], [ 287, -9 ] ], [ [ 279, 530 ], [ 260, 455 ], [ 218, 382 ], [ 145, 283 ], [ 70, 202 ] ], [ [ 334, 418 ], [ 346, 403 ], [ 394, 381 ], [ 416, 356 ] ], [ [ 520, 705 ], [ 544, 697 ], [ 691, 736 ], [ 720, 730 ], [ 739, 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195 68 194 Q 74 193 83 202 Q 204 301 282 447 C 342 558 282 562 271 534 Z", "M 326 392 Q 335 389 393 349 Q 406 340 418 343 Q 427 344 429 356 Q 430 369 420 392 Q 413 408 384 416 Q 356 422 327 424 C 297 426 299 405 326 392 Z", "M 672 459 Q 679 444 692 445 Q 705 448 714 464 Q 729 486 750 594 Q 765 648 802 680 Q 821 696 803 713 Q 784 729 732 755 Q 716 764 655 745 Q 601 733 510 705 C 481 696 507 664 535 675 Q 575 693 673 713 Q 689 717 697 713 Q 710 706 704 668 Q 683 533 669 487 C 664 468 664 468 672 459 Z", "M 528 545 Q 534 545 640 563 Q 662 567 654 580 Q 642 595 616 597 Q 582 600 527 572 C 500 559 498 542 528 545 Z", "M 530 428 Q 530 429 531 429 Q 610 448 672 459 C 702 464 698 481 669 487 Q 668 488 665 488 Q 641 489 530 453 C 501 444 502 417 530 428 Z", "M 530 421 Q 530 425 530 428 L 530 453 Q 529 502 528 545 L 527 572 Q 526 624 534 665 Q 535 671 535 675 C 537 688 535 689 510 705 Q 494 717 480 723 Q 461 730 452 724 Q 442 717 451 701 Q 509 587 474 172 Q 470 123 429 72 Q 417 56 424 33 Q 434 5 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