根源 meaning in English

gēnyuán

origin; root (cause)

HSK 7-9noun23 strokes

Meaning of 根源

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gēnyuán

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ无wú法fǎ找zhǎo到dào问wèn题tí的de根gēn源yuán。

I can't locate the source of the problem.

想xiǎng像xiàng力lì是shì一yī切qiè文wén明míng的de根gēn源yuán。

Imagination is the root of all civilization.

我wǒ们men必bì须xū找zhǎo出chū问wèn题tí的de根gēn源yuán。

We must get to the root of the problem.

问wèn题tí的de根gēn源yuán是shì，在zài当dāng今jīn世shì界jiè，愚yú人rén充chōng满mǎn了le自zì信xìn，而ér智zhì者zhě充chōng满mǎn了le怀huái疑yí。

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

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Words that share a character with 根源.

根本	gēnběn	fundamental; basic
根据	gēnjù	according to; based on
来源	láiyuán	source (of information etc); origin
资源	zīyuán	natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
电源	diànyuán	electric power source
能源	néngyuán	energy sources; energy
起源	qǐyuán	origin; to originate
水源	shuǐyuán	water source; water supply
源头	yuántóu	source; origin; fountainhead
源于	yuányú	has its origins in
来源于	láiyuán yú	to originate in
源泉	yuánquán	fountainhead; well-spring

What does 根源 mean?

根源 (gēnyuán) means "origin; root (cause)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 根源?

根源 is made of 2 characters: 根 (10 strokes), 源 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 根源 an HSK word?

Yes. 根源 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.