1. root
2. basis
3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
4. radical (chemistry)

classifier: 條

1. ordinal number
2. day of a month
3. mark
4. sign
5. business establishment
6. size
7. ship suffix
8. horn (wind instrument)
9. bugle call
10. assumed name
11. to take a pulse
12. classifier used to indicate number of people