ROOT    植物根根

PART of a PLANT that is TYPICALLY IN the SOIL AND that FEEDS the PLANT.
ROOTSTOCKTUBERROOTLETBOTANY RHIZOMERADICLE
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 ／
Hyponym
  • ONIONnew-ea19d098-6982-4810-99d0-986982c8100e　ROOT of Allium Cepa. [] (anc: 5/0, child: 0)
  • POTATOnew-e4e31402-4b72-4dae-a314-024b72bdae96　[] (anc: 5/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 8.54

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 40

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 50

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 118

    • Words (9 items)

    根  gēn OC: kɯɯn MC: kən 15 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPstalk and root> root and all
    柢  dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 2 Attributions

    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
    株拘  zhū jū MC: trju kju OC: to ko 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPindefiniterotten tree-rootCH
    根本  gēn běn OC: kɯɯn pɯɯnʔ MC: kən puo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialroots
    土  tǔ OC: kh-laaʔ MC: thuo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nccloan for 杜: in dialect of Qí: root of a tree (specifically: the bark of the roots) ??
    荄  gāi OC: kɯɯ MC: kəi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nroot
    本  běn OC: pɯɯnʔ MC: puo̝n 0 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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