# 根 U+6839 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6839

A Chinese character meaning “root, base(d on); foundation”, read gēn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `根` |
| Codepoint | U+6839 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6839 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `根` `根` |
| CSS | `\6839` |
| JavaScript | `\u6839` |
| UTF-8 | E6 A0 B9 |
| UTF-16 | 6839 |
| Definition | root, base(d on); foundation |
| Mandarin | gēn |
| Cantonese | gan1 |
| Japanese | KON NE |
| Korean | KUN |

## Related characters

- 核 [U+6838 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6838](https://unicodekit.com/char/6838)
- 栺 [U+683A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-683A](https://unicodekit.com/char/683A)
- 样 [U+6837 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6837](https://unicodekit.com/char/6837)
- 栻 [U+683B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-683B](https://unicodekit.com/char/683B)
- 栶 [U+6836 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6836](https://unicodekit.com/char/6836)
- 格 [U+683C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-683C](https://unicodekit.com/char/683C)
- 栵 [U+6835 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6835](https://unicodekit.com/char/6835)
- 栽 [U+683D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-683D](https://unicodekit.com/char/683D)
- 栴 [U+6834 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6834](https://unicodekit.com/char/6834)
- 栾 [U+683E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-683E](https://unicodekit.com/char/683E)
- 栳 [U+6833 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6833](https://unicodekit.com/char/6833)
- 栿 [U+683F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-683F](https://unicodekit.com/char/683F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/6839 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/6839