根

Meaning

根 centers on the base or source of something: a plant's root, the fundamental part of a thing, or the core of a pimple. The radical sense extends this to the root-like role of a component in other characters.

• 屋根やね
  N3

  roof

• 根ね
  N2

  root (of a plant)

• 根拠こんきょ
  N1

  basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority

• 根本こんぽん
  N1

  root; source; origin

• 島根しまね

  Shimane (prefecture)

• 大根だいこん
  N1

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

• 根性こんじょう
  N1

  willpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit

• 尾根おね

  (mountain) ridge

• 根底こんてい
  N1

  root; basis; foundation

• 根源こんげん

  root; source; origin; cause

• 根強いねづよい

  firmly rooted; deep-seated

• 根絶こんぜつ

  eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

• 根幹こんかん

  foundation; root; basis; core; fundamentals

• 付け根つけね

  root; joint; base; crotch

• 根気こんき
  N2

  patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

• 根っこねっこ
  N1

  root (of a plant)

• 垣根かきね
  N2

  hedge; fence

• 草の根くさのね

  roots of grass; places hidden from sight

• 根回しねまわし
  N1

  laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process

• 事実無根じじつむこん

  groundless; entirely contrary to fact

• 禍根かこん

  root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

• 根本的こんぽんてき
  N1

  fundamental; basic

• 根ざすねざす

  to come from; to have roots in

• 根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり
  N1

  inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

Explore all words using 根 →