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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铲* | 铲* | *铲
to level off / to root up
HSK 7-9
specimen; sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
HSK 7-9
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
to take root
HSK 7-9
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *源* | 源* | *源
root / source / origin
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
to take root
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *芷* | 芷* | *芷
angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM
root of the trouble / cause of the ruin
to cheer / to root for
licorice root
(linguistics) root
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
root of tooth
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藕* | 藕* | *藕
root of lotus
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM
root system
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
to take root / to establish a base
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
lotus root
Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM)
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM
to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标)
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
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
back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal
to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all
to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)
root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
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
an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble
to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness
to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柢* | 柢* | *柢
foundation / root
costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
cube root (math.)
lateral root (botany)
root tuber / tuberous root
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔸* | 蔸* | *蔸
root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps
perennial root (botany)
to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM)
to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter)
when the root is firm, the branches flourish
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *萰* | 萰* | *萰
Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM) / same as 白蘞|白蔹
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate
Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
aerial root (botany)
real root (of a polynomial)
root / foundation
the root cause (of evil) / bane (Buddhism)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怸* | 怸* | *怸
obscure variant of / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝
branching root / rootlet
at the base / at the root / (of a leg) just below the crutch
morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
starch of pueraria root / arrowroot flour
truffle (edible root fungus)
root of tooth
root of chord
manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
root canal therapy (dentistry)
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
a double root of an equation
square root
sarsaparilla / root beer / SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) (loanword)
fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)
the root bark of the peony tree
(math.) root of unity
root of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM) / Dolomiaea souliei
Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根)
foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause
root beer
rhizome (biol.) / root stock
to be rooted to / to take root in

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