根子

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (根子)		根	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: genzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gēn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.tzy
    • Palladius: гэньцзы (gɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ zi²
    • Yale: gān jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

根子

1. root (of a plant)
2. source; origin; root

   普及科學與民主，根子在教育。 [MSC, trad.]
   普及科学与民主，根子在教育。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pǔjí kēxué yǔ mínzhǔ, gēnzi zài jiàoyù. [Pinyin]

   Education is at the root of the popularization of science and democracy.

Derived terms

• 呆根子
• 命根子 (mìnggēnzi)
• 安根子
• 甜根子草
• 耳根子
• 辣菜根子

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	子
ね > ねっ Grade: 3	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 根子 – see the following entry.

【ねっこ】 [noun] root (of a plant); (frequently) tree roots above the surface of the ground [noun] root (of an issue), foundation, origin Alternative spellings 根っ子, 根っこ

(This term, 根子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)