KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse

根 = 艮 + 木

根 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “root”. It is built from 艮 (stopping) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1571.

Keyword
root
RTK frame
1571
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ね, -ね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
корень
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
根 root

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艮 stopping
  2. 木 tree

How to find 根 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stopping” + “tree”. 根 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 根 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.