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根

JLPT N2 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #620

Meanings

Root, Radical, Head (pimple)

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿰木艮

Etymology

Pictophonetic: tree

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner right-to-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コン kon

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ね ne

Words Using This Kanji

343 words total

Other (20 words)

下し大根おろしだいこん

grated radish

下種根性げすこんじょう

mean feelings

夏大根なつだいこん

summer daikon

禍根かこん

root of an evil

塊根かいこん

tuberous root

垣根かきね

hedge

刈り根かりね

stubble

球根きゅうこん

(plant) bulb

根っからねっから

by nature

根回しねまわし

laying the groundwork

根拠地こんきょち

base (of operations)

根ざすねざす

to come from

根暗ねくら

dark-natured

根拠のないこんきょのない

baseless

根治こんじ

complete cure

根性焼きこんじょうやき

cigarette burn

root (of a plant)

根も葉もないねもはもない

groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.)

根拠こんきょ

basis

roof

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