EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    root (of a plant)

  2. stump (of a tree)

  3. root (of a problem, etc.); base; foundation; origin; source

Also written 根っ子【ねっこ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

root, radical, head (pimple)

Kun
-ね
On
コン
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
620 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 12

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4a6.5The Kanji Dictionary
4793.2Four corner code
1865deroo
6839Unicode hex code
1-26-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2261Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2670New Nelson (John Haig)
930New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1167Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
631Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
841Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1461Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1571Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
535A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1372Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
425Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14745Morohashi
282A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
314Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216sakade
632Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
298henshall3
355Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
390crowley
974Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1092Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1473Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gen1Pinyin reading
geunKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level