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)
On readings
コン
Kun readings
ね-ね
Words with 根
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1根気Popularpatience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
- N1根拠Popularbasis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
- N1根底Popularroot; basis; foundation
- N1根本Popularroot; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
- N1球根(plant) bulb
- N1利根intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
- —禍根Popularroot of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
- —根幹Popularfoundation; root; basis; core; fundamentals; root and trunk
- —根源Popularroot; source; origin; cause
- —根性Popularwillpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit; character; nature; disposition; personality
- —根絶Populareradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
- —大根Populardaikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
- —根本的Popularfundamental; basic
- —事実無根Populargroundless; entirely contrary to fact
- —根stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
- —塊根tuberous root
- —語根root; root word
- —根号radical sign; root sign
- —根治complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
- —歯根root of a tooth