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根 : Root

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Components:

root, radical, head (pimple)

On 'yomi:
コン(kon)
Kun 'yomi:
(ne) -ね(ne)
Strokes:10
Radical: (75)
Usage Rating:620
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:3
Unicode:06839
jis208:26-12
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根 Usage examples

(しょうこん)perseverance
立方(りっぽうこん)cubic root
(いわね)rock
茜の(あかねのね)madder root
越しに見る(かきねごしにみる)to look over the fence
を絶つ(かこんをたつ)to strike at the root of an evil
(かっこんとう)infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.
(こんき)radical
(こんさい)root crops
の良い(こんのよい)enduring, persevering
を詰める(こんをつめる)
をつめる(こんをつめる)
to persevere
(しょうこんゆ)pine oil
水酸(すいさんこん)hydroxyl radical
がつく(ねがつく)
が付く(ねがつく)
to take root, to strike root
付く(ねづく)
づく(ねづく)
to take root, to strike
はおとなしい(ねはおとなしい)
は大人しい(ねはおとなしい)
tenderhearted by nature
も葉もない噂(ねもはもないうわさ)
も葉もないうわさ(ねもはもないうわさ)
も葉も無い噂(ねもはもないうわさ)
groundless rumor, groundless rumour
を下ろす(ねをおろす)to take root
を生じる(ねをしょうじる)to take root, to put forth roots
に上がる(やねにあがる)to go up on the roof
外的(がいてきこんきょ)external ground
内的(ないてきこんきょ)internal ground
太板(ねだいた)floorboard
本原理(こんぽんげんり)fundamental (basic) principles, fundamentals, ground rules
法的(ほうてきこんきょ)legal basis
丸屋(まるやね)
円屋(まるやね)
dome, vaulted roof, cupola
(きこん)aerial root
刮ぎ(ねこそぎ)
こそぎ(ねこそぎ)
root and branch, thoroughly, by the roots, completely, all
吊り屋(つりやね)hanging roof over the ring
岸流(ねぎしりゅう)conservative calligraphy style used to write rankings
助平(すけべいこんじょう)greed, lewdness
泥棒(どろぼうこんじょう)underhand character, thievish nature
雲助(くもすけこんじょう)predatory nature, rapacious disposition
盗人(ぬすびとこんじょう)thievish nature (character), thieving heart, cunning and greedy character
職人(しょくにんこんじょう)spirit of true craftsman
事大(じだいこんじょう)slavish submission to power, sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadyism
商人(しょうにんこんじょう)mercenary spirit, commercial motives, a nose for profit, moneygrubbing disposition
俗物(ぞくぶつこんじょう)snobbery, snobbishness, philistinism, vulgar and ostentatious nature (disposition)
町人(ちょうにんこんじょう)mercantile spirit
党派(とうはこんじょう)partisan spirit (prejudice), partisanship, factionalism
奴隷(どれいこんじょう)servile character (disposition)
大和島(やまとしまね)the island country of Japan, the Japanese Isles
(ねばち)root clump
(きょこん)large penis
尾羽(おばね)tail feathers
穎割れ大(かいわれだいこん)
貝割れ大(かいわれだいこん)
(white) radish sprouts
(じょうこん)(nth) root
息のを止める(いきのねをとめる)to kill, to choke the life out of
(そくこん)tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)