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
- —根性無しcoward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
- —加賀蓮根Kaga lotus root (variety grown in Kanazawa)
- —根つめるto persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
- —弥次馬根性the spirit of curiosity
- —大根下ろしgrated daikon; daikon grater
- —根をつめるto persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
- —すけべ根性lechery; lewdness; greed
- —貝割れ大根(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
- —穎割れ大根(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
- —切干し大根thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
- —割干し大根strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- —時なし大根year-round white daikon
- —ネズミ大根nezumi daikon (variety from Nagano prefecture)
- —根気づよいpersevering; persistent; patient; unrelenting
- —カイワレ大根(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
- —精根を込めるto pour one's heart and soul into