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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
specimen; sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
HSK 7-9
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
HSK 7-9
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  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
to take root
HSK 7-9
fibrous root
to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *源* | 源* | *源
root / source / origin
back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal
licorice root
(linguistics) root
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
root system
to take root / to establish a base
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *芷* | 芷* | *芷
angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM
root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
lotus root
Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM)
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藕* | 藕* | *藕
root of lotus
root of tooth
to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble
to take root
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根)
to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness
root of the trouble / cause of the ruin
root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul
foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
to lie down on a bed / (physiology) implantation (attachment of a blastocyst to the lining of the uterus) / (of an oyster larva) to attach to a substrate / (fig.) to take root / to become established
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
root tuber / tuberous root
lateral root (botany)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔸* | 蔸* | *蔸
root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps
perennial root (botany)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柢* | 柢* | *柢
foundation / root
the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM)
to plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *萰* | 萰* | *萰
Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM) / same as 白蘞|白蔹
lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter)
aerial root (botany)
the root cause (of evil) / bane (Buddhism)
real root (of a polynomial)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怸* | 怸* | *怸
obscure variant of / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝
branching root / rootlet
when the root is firm, the branches flourish
at the base / at the root / (of a leg) just below the crutch
root of chord
starch of pueraria root / arrowroot flour
Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)
root of tooth
truffle (edible root fungus)
the root of all evil
manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
root canal therapy (dentistry)
to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
the root bark of the peony tree
Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root) / ligusticum root
Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), a plant whose root is used in TCM / (old) (courteous) your letter
rhizome (biol.) / root stock
to be rooted to / to take root in
root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root
square root
root of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM) / Dolomiaea souliei
Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
succulent root (botany)
a double root of an equation
fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
to cheer / to root for
(math.) root of unity
Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
root / foundation
root beer

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