Chen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Wood (mù). Kangxi stroke count: 10. Page 524, Entry 07.
Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced gēn.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The base of a tree.
Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Sixth Year of Yin: When a farmer removes weeds, he must sever the root, so they cannot propagate.
Guangyun: Root; the foundation.
Laozi, Dao De Jing: Heaviness is the root of lightness.
Guanzi, Topography Chapter: The earth is the source of all things, the root and vitality of all that live.
Guangya: Beginning.
Heavenly Root Star: Zhou Discourses (Zhou Yu): When the Heavenly Root appears, the waters dry up. Commentary: Between the constellations Kang and Di.
Golden Root: The name of a carriage. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Carriages and Attire: The carriage of the Son of Heaven is the Golden Root.
Copper rings on gates are called Canglang Gen. Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on the Five Phases: The wooden gate, Canglang Gen.
Bamboo root: A type of cup. Poem by Yu Xin of the Jin Dynasty: A mountain cup holding bamboo roots.
Cloud root: Name of a mountain. Poem by Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty: Accumulated water submerges the mountain base.
A surname. Surname Garden (Xingyuan): The Zhou person Genmouzi, who was skilled in writing books.
Also rhymes with jian (level tone). Three Strategies Military Prophecy (Sanlue Junchan): Invading and insulting the common people, the nation is in an uproar. Ministers conceal the truth, this is the root of disorder.
Textual Research: Do not allow them to propagate. Corrected to colonial usage based on the original Zuo Tradition text. Heavenly Root, the Di constellation. Zuo Tradition, Fourteenth Year of Huan: The text does not contain the phrase regarding the Heavenly Root appearing and water drying up; it is found in the Zhou Discourses. Corrected to reflect Zhou Discourses. Commentary: Between the constellations Kang and Di. Book of the Former Han, Treatise on the Five Phases: The wooden door, Canglang Gen. Corrected to read door instead of name according to the original text.
