Kanji N2

根: root, radical, head (pimple)

根 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning root, radical, head (pimple), written with 10 strokes. It is read コン (on) and ね (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 根 (ね, root) and 屋根 (やね, roof).

根

Meanings

  • root
  • radical
  • head (pimple)
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#620 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ね
  • -ね

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 根

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 根ね

    root (of a plant)

    JLPT N3
  • 屋根やね

    roof

    JLPT N3
  • 垣根かきね

    hedge; fence

    JLPT N2
  • 根本こんぽん

    root; source; origin

    JLPT N1
  • 根拠こんきょ

    basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority

    JLPT N1
  • 根底こんてい

    root; basis; foundation

    JLPT N1
  • 根回しねまわし

    laying the groundwork

    JLPT N1
  • 根気こんき

    patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.