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扎zhā根gēn

  1. to take root

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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扎
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to prick, to run or stick (a needle etc) into, mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")

Pinyin
zhā
Strokes
4
Frequency
5270 of 2500
Words starting with 扎Words ending in 扎Anywhere in a word
根
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

root, basis, classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings, CL:條|条[tiao2], radical (chemistry)

Pinyin
gēn
Strokes
10
Frequency
5176 of 2500
Words starting with 根Words ending in 根Anywhere in a word