"根" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. root Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-根-ja-character-SBNJTRN- Disambiguation of Botany: 30 2 18 9 13 2 2 2 2 18 Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 52 48 0
  2. base, foundation Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-根-ja-character-V2TVwWNJ Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 1 3 5 1 21 21 20 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 大根: daikon (daikon), mooli, 男根, 男根 (dankon) (ruby: (だん), (こん), (なん), (こん)) (english: penis), 蓮根, 蓮根 (renkon) (ruby: (れん), (こん), (はす), ()) (english: lotus root), 根気 (konki) (ruby: (こん), ()) (english: patience, perseverance), 羽根 (hane) (ruby: (), ()) (english: feather, wing)

Noun

IPA: [ne̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ne [romanization]
Etymology: table From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|ne}} table, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=ね}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|ね}} 根(ね) • (ne)
  1. a root of a plant
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-2HdDAWJ7
  2. (by extension) the source or root of something Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-XO7-camD
  3. the cause or basis for something
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-IMG4LEwv Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 2 2 6 12 2 21 18 21 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 28 57 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 10 85 3
  4. one's nature, the character one has by birth
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-OocpEyKD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 根っ子 (nekko) (ruby: (), ())
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [kõ̞ɴ], [kõ̞ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (こん)), kon [romanization]
Etymology: table From Middle Chinese 根 (MC kon). First cited in Japanese contexts in the 法華義疏 (Hokke Gisho) dated to 615, a commentary on the Buddhist Lotus Sutra that was written in Classical Chinese. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kon}} table, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=こん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|根}} 根 (MC kon), {{m|ja||法華義疏|tr=Hokke Gisho}} 法華義疏 (Hokke Gisho) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こん}} 根(こん) • (kon)
  1. (Buddhism) the original motive force leading to perception of something by the five senses or by thought Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-Ey~ocSW6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 1 5 7 1 25 21 26 13 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 1 1 6 6 1 28 22 20 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 1 1 3 7 1 20 24 25 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 2 2 6 12 2 21 18 21 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 1 3 5 1 21 21 20 16 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. genitals; more commonly, the male genitals
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-w1ihFT2i Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 1 5 7 1 25 21 26 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 1 1 3 7 1 20 24 25 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 2 2 6 12 2 21 18 21 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 1 3 5 1 21 21 20 16
  3. perseverance, patience Synonyms: 根気
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-Fp4Axp3O Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 1 5 7 1 25 21 26 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 1 1 3 7 1 20 24 25 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 2 2 6 12 2 21 18 21 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 1 3 5 1 21 21 20 16
  4. (mathematics) a root, such as a square root (calque of English root) Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-根-ja-noun-gPoHOAKx Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 1 5 7 1 25 21 26 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 1 1 3 7 1 20 24 25 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 2 2 6 12 2 21 18 21 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 1 3 5 1 21 21 20 16 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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    },
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      "ipa": "[kõ̞ɴ]"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kõ̞ɴ]"
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.