Also known as linguistic root, root word, root morpheme
indivisible part of word that does not have any affix, may have a meaning and be usable alone or not, and may comprise multiple "radical" forms
A root is the core part of a word that remains after you remove any prefixes or suffixes, and it may or may not be able to stand alone as a complete word. Roots matter because they're the fundamental building blocks that help us understand word meanings and how languages are constructed.
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Within Vinony's link graph, 词根 is referenced by 528 other articles, and connects out to Hebrew, word stem and bound and free morphemes.
It sits within the topics Lexical units, Linguistics terminology and Root (linguistics).
Its subject is documented across 61 Wikipedia language editions.
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- morpheme
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- facet of
- lemmatisation
- partially coincident with
- word stem
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Article · 中文
词根（root，root word）又称语根、根词，是基本构词的基本词素，与词缀相对并携带主要词汇信息。 词根有两种，能够独立构词的为自由词根（free root），必须与其他词素组合构词的是黏着词根（bound root）。
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