Keyword
root
- radical
- head (pimple)
- Frequency
- #620
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1571
Readings
ね54%
コン46%
Mnemonic
A tree that is almost good enough digs its toes deep into the soil, and everything hangs on its root.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
羽根
feather; plume; down; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
Noun
根拠
basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
Noun
根
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; one's true nature; (fishing) reef
Noun
草の根
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
Expression
大根
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
Noun
根回し
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
Noun
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)
Noun