Word Meaning 根幹

こんかん konkan

根幹 is read as こんかん (konkan) and means root and trunk.

Meaning

English

  1. root and trunk
  2. foundation
  3. root
  4. basis
  5. core
  6. fundamentals

Reading

Kana

こんかん

Romaji

konkan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 枝葉,末節 Rank 10878 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

根拠

こんきょ

base (of operations)

根源

こんげん

root

根拠地

こんきょち

base (of operations)

根本主義

こんぽんしゅぎ

fundamentalism

根保証

ねほしょう

basic guarantee

根基

こんき

radical

根本主義者

こんぽんしゅぎしゃ

fundamentalist

根本分裂

こんぽんぶんれつ

fundamental schism (between the early Sthaviravāda and Mahāsāṃghika Buddhist schools)

根株

ねかぶ

stump

根堅州国

ねのかたすくに

underworld

根抵当権

ねていとうけん

revolving mortgage

Example Sentences

2

それがもんだいのこんかんだ。

That is the root of the problem.

This formula is the basis of the theory.