根

• 読み: ね
• ローマ字: ne
• 漢字の分解: 根 (ne/kon) — root; composed of 木 (tree) + 艮 (endure, stay)
• 発音: /ne/

意味

Root of a plant. The underground part that absorbs water and nutrients.

Also read as こん in compounds. Used figuratively to mean the root or base of something: 根気 (patience, perseverance), 根本 (fundamental). The phrase 根を張る means to put down roots, both literally and figuratively.

例文

1. この木は根が深いので倒れにくいです。
2. 植物の根に水をあげてください。
3. 大根は根の部分を食べる野菜です。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, gardening, figurative

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 根 combines 木 (tree) and 艮 (to stay, endure), depicting the part of a tree that stays firmly in the ground.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal