根 (gēn): meaning and stroke order

根 in our stories

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• 骆驰走到窗边看了看：窗外有一根水管，爬上来并不难。

  Luò Chí zǒu dào chuāng biān kàn le kàn chuāngwài yǒu yì gēn shuǐguǎn pá shànglai bìngbù nán

  Luo Chi went to the window and looked out: there was a drainpipe outside, so climbing up would not be hard.

  From the story The dry floor HSK 6

• 他不知道，不周山是撑着天空的一根柱子。

  tā bù zhīdao Bùzhōu Shān shì chēng zhe tiānkōng de yì gēn zhùzi

  He did not know that Mount Buzhou was one of the pillars holding up the sky.

  From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 她的灵魂化作了精卫鸟。从那天起，她每天从西山衔来一根树枝或一块小石头，飞到东海上，把它扔进海里。

  tā de línghún huàzuò le Jīngwèi niǎo cóng nà tiān qǐ tā měitiān cóng xīshān xián lái yì gēn shùzhī huò yí kuài xiǎo shítou fēi dào Dōng Hǎi shàng bǎ tā rēng jìn hǎi lǐ

  Her soul became the Jingwei bird. From that day on, every day she carried a twig or a pebble in her beak from the western hills, flew over the Eastern Sea and dropped it into the water.

  From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8