根源

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (根源)		根	源

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēnyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-ngièn / kîn-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): kun-goân / kin-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gēnyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genyuan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: genyuán
  - IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: gān yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ yun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin´ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /kin²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin´ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /kin²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-goân
  - Tâi-lô: kun-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kun'goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ guan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-goân
  - Tâi-lô: kin-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kin'goaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ guan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² guan¹³/

Noun

根源

root; cause; source; origin
找到事情的根源 ― zhǎodào shìqíng de gēnyuán ― to get to the root of the matter

Synonyms

來源／来源 (láiyuán)
出處／出处 (chūchù)
基本 (jīběn)
本源 (běnyuán)
根本 (gēnběn)

根頭／根头 (Min Nan)
源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figuratively)
濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
起源 (qǐyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	源
こん Grade: 3	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

根源 (hiragana こんげん, rōmaji kongen)

root, cause, source, origin
悪 (あく)の根源 (こんげん)は格差 (かくさ)にある。
Aku no kongen wa kakusa ni aru.
The source of evil is in disparity.

Korean

Hanja in this term
根	源

Noun

根源 • (geunwon) (hangeul 근원)

Hanja form^? of 근원 (“root, cause, source, origin”).

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