Chinese Character 根 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

根 meaning^[3] in English

Root.

Basis.

Classifier For Long Slender Objects, E.G. Cigarettes, Guitar Strings.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 根 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and blunt (艮)

Its radical^[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DAV

How to write 根

To write根gen1root you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 艮gen3blunt arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 艮 = 根

根 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 根 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 根, looks as follow: