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Chinese Vocabulary

根

root

根
gēn1st tone
Pinyin
gēn
Strokes
10
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 根

根 is written with 10 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

Beyond HSK 3. The rootstock is the root the new trees are grafted onto.

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根 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

根死了,树也死了。

When the roots die, the tree dies too.

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