ROOT  植物根根

PART of a PLANT that is TYPICALLY IN the SOIL AND that FEEDS the PLANT.
ROOTSTOCKTUBERROOTLETBOTANY RHIZOMERADICLE
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current common word for a root of any kind is gēn 根, but the word also refers specifically to roots growing horizontally near the surface of the earth.

3. Dǐ 柢 refers specifically to the roots of a plant that grow straight down into the earth.

3. Běn 本 refers to the lower part of the tree, and this part of the tree is often thought of as including the root. See TRUNK

4. Zhū 株 refers to a tree-stump, and this part of the tree is often thought of as including the root. See TRUNK

Modern Chinese Criteria
根

根子

主根

直根

側根

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

根  gēn OC: kɯɯn MC: kən 15 AttributionsWD

The current common word for a root of any kind is gēn 根, but the word also refers specifically to roots growing horizontally near the surface of the earth.

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 柢/ROOT Dǐ 柢 refers specifically to the roots of a plant that grow straight down into the earth.
  • Oppos: 木/TREE The current word for a tree is mù 木. In Shang times times this word was a count noun for trees, later it also referred to felled trees and in particular to timber as a material. Thus in Warring States times the special feature of this word is that it is a mass noun as well as a count noun.
  • Oppos: 株/TRUNK Zhū 株 refers to a truncated trunk, and the root can be implied in the meaning of the word. See ROOT

    Syntactic words
  • nroot, primarily root that grows horizontally
  • n(post-N)figurativetheir rootsCH
  • nabmetaphysicalthe very root (of Heaven etc)CH
本根  běn gēn OC: pɯɯnʔ kɯɯn MC: puo̝n kən 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPstalk and root> root and all
柢  dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 2 AttributionsWD

Dǐ 柢 refers specifically to the roots of a plant that grow straight down into the earth.

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 根/ROOT The current common word for a root of any kind is gēn 根, but the word also refers specifically to roots growing horizontally near the surface of the earth.

    Syntactic words
  • nmain root
  • nabfigurativebasis; fundament
土  tǔ OC: kh-laaʔ MC: thuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nccloan for 杜: in dialect of Qí: root of a tree (specifically: the bark of the roots) ??
根本  gēn běn OC: kɯɯn pɯɯnʔ MC: kən puo̝n 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialroots
株拘  zhū jū MC: trju kju OC: to koCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPindefiniterotten tree-rootCH
本  běn OC: pɯɯnʔ MC: puo̝n 0 AttributionsWD

Běn 本 refers to the lower part of the tree, and this part of the tree is often thought of as including the root. See TRUNK

    Syntactic words
  • nGao You commentary to LSCQ: root (!!!)
株  zhū OC: to MC: ʈi̯o 0 AttributionsWD

Zhū 株 refers to a tree-stump, and this part of the tree is often thought of as including the root. See TRUNK

    Syntactic words
荄  gāi OC: kɯɯ MC: kəi 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nroot

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