| 根 | 
gēn běn | fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:个 | 
| 根 | 
gēn | root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry) | 
|  本 | 
běn | (bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |