根
Meaning
- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
Measure word
条 tiáo
Example sentence
我放几根黄瓜？
Shall I put in a few cucumbers?
The character 根
根 is 木, a tree, beside 艮: the root. It counts long thin things — 一根头发, 一根香蕉 — and gives 根本, the fundamental, and 根据, what an argument is rooted in.