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[430/808] Four Versions of 根 “root”

Origin: Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Definition:
① root, base(d on)
② foundation

Middle Chinese Reading:
/*kən/
Initial - dorsal (牙)
Final - n

Modern Readings:
Mandarin - gēn
Japanese - コン kon, ね ne
Korean - 뿌리 근 ppuri geun
Cantonese - gan1
Vietnamese - căn, cằn, cỗi

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References:
Booklet of the 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China, Japan and the ROK - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
[CN] Trilateral Common Vocabulary Dictionary (3rd Edition) - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
Unihan Database on 根 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint…
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 根 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?…
Chinese Character Wiki on 根 - dong-chinese.com/wiki/%E6%A0%B9
Official Readings of Jōyō Kanji - nihongo.monash.edu/jouyoureadings.html
[KR] Naver Hanja Dictionary on 根 - hanja.dict.naver.com/#/entry/ccko/311cf7f41c1946d7…
Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation’s Nôm Lookup Tool - nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint…
CJKV Dict on 根 - cjkvdict.com/?search=%E6%A0%B9
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters on 根,
李學勤，2012《字源》，天津：天津古籍出版社，2013年7月2次印刷。 (p. 504)
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 根 (post used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E6%A0%B9

Image Sources:
Character versions from ZDIC - www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%A0%B9
Evolution chart from 李學勤，2012《字源》，天津：天津古籍出版社，2013年7月2次印刷。 (p. 503-504)

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