[gēn]
[名]
（植物的营养器官） root (of a plant)
the root of a tree
树根
pull up by the root
连根拔
The young tree has struck root.
这棵小树已经扎根了。
（比喻子孙后代） descendants; posterity
offspring
根苗
[数] （方根的简称） root
cube root
立方根
[化] （指带电的基） radical
ammonia radical
氨根
（物体的下部、底部或某部分和其他东西连着处） base; foot; root
the root of the ear
耳根
the foot of a wall
墙根
the root of the tongue
舌根
（事物的本原；人的出身底细） the bottom of things; source; origin
the root of trouble [disaster]
祸根
the root of a word
词根
get to the bottom of things; inquire into the root of the matter
刨根问底
know the inside story
知根知底
trace to its source
追根寻源
（依据） basis; foundation
have one's roots among the masses
扎根于群众
nonsense
无根之谈
（姓氏） a surname
Gen Hao
根浩
[副]
（彻底）completely; thoroughly
completely do away with
根除