根[gēn]
[名] （植物的营养器官） root (of a plant):
例：树根
the root of a tree;
连根拔
pull up by the root;
这棵小树已经扎根了。
The young tree has struck root.
[名] （比喻子孙后代） descendants; posterity:
例：根苗
offspring
[名] {数} （方根的简称） root:
例：立方根
cube root
[名] {化} （指带电的基） radical:
例：氨根
ammonia radical
[名] （物体的下部、底部或某部分和其他东西连着处） base; foot; root:
例：耳根
the root of the ear;
墙根
the foot of a wall;
舌根
the root of the tongue
[名] （事物的本原;人的出身底细） the bottom of things; source; origin:
例：祸根
the root of trouble [disaster];
词根
the root of a word;
刨根问底
get to the bottom of things; inquire into the root of the matter;
知根知底
know the inside story;
追根寻源
trace to its source
[名] （依据） basis; foundation:
例：扎根于群众
have one's roots among the masses;
无根之谈
nonsense
[名] （姓氏） a surname:
例：根浩
Gen Hao
[副] （彻底）completely; thoroughly:
例：根除
completely do away with
[量] （用于细长物）:
例：一根草
a stalk [blade] of grass;
两根绳子
two ropes;
几根铅笔
some pencils
