Word Meaning 根本

こんぽん kompon

根本 is read as こんぽん (kompon) and means foundation.

Meaning

English

foundation
basis
essence
root
source
origin

Reading

Kana

こんぽん

Romaji

kompon

Writing Variants

根本こんぼん kombon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 200 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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根本的

こんぽんてき

fundamental

根本原理

こんぽんげんり

fundamental (basic) principles

根本悪

こんぽんあく

radical evil (in Kantianism)

絵入根本

えいりねほん

illustrated kabuki script

根本主義

こんぽんしゅぎ

fundamentalism

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)

根回し

ねまわし

digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

根

ね

(fishing) reef

根性

こんじょう

character

根っ子

ねっこ

root (of a plant)

根気

こんき

patience

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