Japanese Word Entry

Kana:
Romaji:ne
Definitions:
  1. root (of a plant)

  2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.)

  3. root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis

  4. one's true nature

  5. (fishing) reef


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Chinese characters used in this word

root, radical, head (pimple), base(d on), foundation
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄣ (gēn)
Cantonese: gan1
Japanese: コン (kon) / ね (ne)、 -ね (-ne)
Korean: 근 (geun)
Vietnamese: căn