Usage note
根表示植物的地下部分,也表示根本。
gēn biǎo shì zhí wù de dì xià bù fen, yě biǎo shì gēn běn。
根 means a plant's underground part and can also mean root or basis.
根表示植物的地下部分,也表示根本。
gēn biǎo shì zhí wù de dì xià bù fen, yě biǎo shì gēn běn。
根 means a plant's underground part and can also mean root or basis.
根常用于植物、原因和基础。
gēn cháng yòng yú zhí wù 、 yuán yīn hé jī chǔ。
It is often used with plants, reasons, and foundations.
根 is the general word for root; 树根 specifically means tree root.
根源 extends the meaning of 根 to the source or origin of something.