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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)

nature

dried radish strips

good deeds

roots of grass

lateral root

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

男根だんこん

penis

島根県しまねけん

Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

島国根性しまぐにこんじょう

island country mentality

島根しまね

Shimane (prefecture)

同根どうこん

same root

二十日大根はつかだいこん

radish (Raphanus sativus var. sativus)

square root

entwined roots

(mountain) ridge

root of the nose

lily bulb

root

flat roof

roof

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