根源
Chinese edit
radical (chem.); root; basis | root; source; origin | ||
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simp. and trad. (根源) |
根 | 源 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
根源
- root; cause; source; origin
- 詔曰:「此乃學者之根源,不朽之永格,垂範將來,憲章之本,便可一依公表。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE
- Zhào yuē: “Cǐ nǎi xuézhě zhī gēnyuán, bùxiǔ zhī yǒng gé, chuífàn jiānglái, xiànzhāng zhī běn, biànkě yī yī gōngbiǎo.” [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
诏曰:「此乃学者之根源,不朽之永格,垂范将来,宪章之本,便可一依公表。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms edit
- 來源/来源 (láiyuán)
- 出處/出处 (chūchù)
- 基本 (jīběn)
- 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
- 本源 (běnyuán)
- 根 (gēn)
- 根本 (gēnběn)
- 根頭/根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 泉源 (quányuán)
- 淵源/渊源 (yuānyuán)
- 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
- 源頭/源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
- 濫觴/滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
- 由來/由来 (yóulái)
- 起源 (qǐyuán)
Descendants edit
Others:
- → Vietnamese: cội nguồn (calque)
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根 | 源 |
こん Grade: 3 |
げん Grade: 6 |
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根元 根原 |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 根源 (MC kon ngjwon).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) こんげん [kòńgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) こんげん [kòńgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]
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根 | 源 |
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Vietnamese edit
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根 | 源 |
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根源