Kanji1 / 10
根 kanji
root, radical, head (pimple)
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
コン
Kun readings
ね-ね
Words with 根
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —禍根を残すto create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
- —時無し大根year-round white daikon
- —科学的根拠scientific basis; scientific foundation; scientific grounds
- —諸悪の根源root of all evil
- —ねずみ大根nezumi daikon (variety from Nagano prefecture)
- —手根管症候群carpal tunnel syndrome
- —かいわれ大根(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
- —切り干し大根thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
- —割り干し大根strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- —文書割付け根document layout root
- —根性が曲がるto have a perverse character; to have a twisted personality
- —根性のすわったfearless
- —精根尽き果てるto use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
- —精も根も尽き果てるto use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
- —根拠に基づいた医療evidence-based medicine; EBM
- —根原root; source; origin; cause
- —根元root; source; origin; cause
- —根情willpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit; character; nature; disposition; personality
- —根柢root; basis; foundation
- —根瘤root nodule