(こん) (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) {math} root; (4) {Buddh} indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) (1) root (of a plant); (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); (3) root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; (4) one's true nature; (5) (fishing) reef; (P) [EDICT]
(gēn, ㄍㄣ) radical (chem.); root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings [CE-DICT]
据
(jū, ㄐㄩ) see 拮据 or 拮據, hard pressed for cash; in financial difficulties [CE-DICT]
(jù, ㄐㄩˋ) according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy [CE-DICT]
(yào, ㄧㄠˋ) important; vital; to want; to be going to; must [CE-DICT]
先
(せん) (adj-no,n) (1) former; previous; old; (n) (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move [EDICT]
(さき) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party; (P) [EDICT]
(xiān, ㄒㄧㄢ) early; prior; former; in advance; first [CE-DICT]
手
(て) (n) (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (col) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (P) [EDICT]
(shǒu, ㄕㄡˇ) hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient [CE-DICT]
术
(shù, ㄕㄨˋ) method; technique [CE-DICT]
因
(いん) (n) (1) cause; factor; (2) {Buddh} (See 縁・えん・5) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); (3) (See 因明) the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya); (P) [EDICT]