根
HSK 5 · Advanced
根 Stroke Order: How to Write 根
- Pinyin
- gēn
- Meaning
- root; basis; radical (chemistry)
- Total strokes
- 10
More meanings
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
10 strokes根 — 10 strokes
Radical: 木 mù (tree)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 4.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 5.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 6.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 7.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 8.竖提shù tí · Vertical rising stroke
- 9.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 10.捺nà · Right-falling stroke