Where does “根” come from?

根 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 根.

根 (Japanese): a root; the source; the root; nature; the...

Definitions

  1. a root; the source; the root; nature; the...

Ancestry of “根”, step by step

根 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 根

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese根—

via Middle Chinese 根

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese根—

Words derived from “根”

Every word from Old Japanese 根 →