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根
root, base(d on); foundation
Mandarin
gēn
Sino-Korean
근 (kun)
Sino-Japanese 音
KON
Japanese 訓
ne
Cantonese
gan1
Middle Chinese
gən
Radical
木 (75) +6
10 strokes
5 occurrences in the corpus
Where it appears
(first 4 of 5)
Tao Te Ching 6
…死,是謂玄牝。玄牝之門,是謂天地根。緜緜若存,用之不勤。
Tao Te Ching 16
…作,吾以觀復。夫物芸芸,各復歸其根。歸根曰靜,是謂復命。復命曰常…
Tao Te Ching 26
重為輕根,靜為躁君。是以聖人終日行不離…
Tao Te Ching 59
…有國;有國之母,可以長久;是謂深根固柢,長生久視之道。