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根 — root; basis

Pinyin
gēn
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 根: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

根 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 根 in the HSK syllabus: 9

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 根据gēnjùaccording to; based on; basis; foundationHSK 3
  2. 根gēnroot; basisHSK 5
  3. 根本gēnběnfundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely; at allHSK 5
  4. 根基gēnjīfoundationHSK 7–9
  5. 根深蒂固gēnshēn-dìgùdeep-rootedHSK 7–9
  6. 根源gēnyuánorigin; rootHSK 7–9
  7. 根治gēnzhìto bring under permanent controlHSK 7–9
  8. 归根到底guīgēn-dàodǐafter all; in the final analysis; ultimatelyHSK 7–9
  9. 扎根zhāgēnto take rootHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.