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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
gēn - root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- radical (chemistry)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 909 1,455 1,309

Character Breakdown:

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Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
根本 5 3 342 842 1,249
5 4 909 1,455 1,309
根据 3 4 1,063 328 2,308
摩根 - - 6,552 19,134 36,181
阿根廷 - - 7,026 6,013 12,684
培根 - - 10,872 24,757 10,235
根源 6 8 11,297 8,703 9,578
里根 - - 13,739 23,954 40,600
密歇根州 - - 16,282 61,687 54,844
压根儿 - - 18,167 37,561 27,087
根号 - - 18,338 84,102 44,197
哥本哈根 - - 21,917 37,315 36,367
命根子 - - 22,074 45,881 49,693
扎根 - 9 22,734 18,680 22,286
归根结底 - - 23,178 23,911 19,831
树根 - - 24,070 30,352 34,939
斩草除根 - 9 24,118 66,586 57,034
刨根问底 - - 24,126 69,438 50,747
生根 - - 24,899 27,943 33,463
平方根 - - 25,090 89,549 111,630
根基 - 9 25,414 16,744 20,431
票根 - - 25,548 61,932 32,842
归根到底 6 9 25,676 25,014 27,553
根深蒂固 6 9 27,603 23,664 25,733
根除 - - 27,921 26,081 33,558
草根 - - 27,986 8,711 3,442
存根 - - 28,066 61,720 81,248
根治 - 9 29,195 14,781 24,498
祸根 - - 30,012 42,209 39,595
追根 - - 31,008 100,763 90,053
哈根达斯 - - 31,016 41,594 19,961
卑尔根 - - 32,571 - 97,509
命根 - - 33,593 70,770 48,910
根据地 - - 33,687 12,036 27,495
寻根 - - 35,125 36,339 50,933
根特 - - 35,211 - -
耳根 - - 35,698 35,805 22,266
牙根 - - 35,814 43,949 46,636
词根 - - 37,751 72,851 60,374
根茎 - - 38,475 53,413 53,867
维特根斯坦 - - 43,037 71,895 89,420
箱根 - - 43,836 - -
吐根 - - 46,088 - -
古根海姆 - - 52,479 - 111,400
块根 - - 55,853 80,091 111,334
摩根·弗里曼 - - 56,214 - -
舌根 - - 56,892 56,240 40,433
植根 - - 57,283 37,656 50,866
图林根 - - 57,529 - -
病根 - - 57,648 44,500 42,556
根底 - - 58,670 52,528 67,854
齿根 - - 59,999 - -
根须 - - 60,542 70,943 52,327
根系 - - 69,176 23,865 53,968
根绝 - - 69,251 80,022 70,365
根河 - - 69,659 - 77,105
叶落归根 - - 75,891 84,748 73,274
除根 - - 76,568 81,643 62,128
墙根 - - 88,891 47,433 49,069
银根 - - 89,267 31,792 40,807
追根问底 - - 92,218 - -
安重根 - - 92,361 - -
立方根 - - 95,790 - -