Vietnamese Word Entry

Quốc ngữ:căn
Definitions:
  1. (only in compounds) root; cause, origin, source

  2. (arithmetic) (clipping of căn thức) root

  3. (arithmetic, colloquial, usually not followed by của (""of"")) (short for căn (thức) bậc hai) square root

  4. (pathology) indicates diseases, illnesses


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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