TERM AND TRANSLATION
rhizome
rhizomerhizome
The site prefers the botanically precise 根茎: lateral growth, connection at any point, and renewed growth after rupture; the influential published variant 块茎 remains a primary search alias.
Atlas working translation
根茎
- French term
- rhizome
- English term
- rhizome
Variants and search terms
- 块茎Simplified record
- 根状茎Simplified record
- 茎块Simplified record
- 块根Simplified record
- 根莖Traditional record
- 塊莖Traditional record
- 根狀莖Traditional record
- 塊根Traditional record
- rhizomeCommon / non-Chinese record
Conceptual boundary
Rhizome is defined by heterogeneous connection, multiplicity, asignifying rupture, mapping, and opposition to tracing; the internet, nonlinearity, and decentralization are possible cases.
Sources and translations
- 01Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, Mille plateaux, Minuit, 1980
French primary text for assemblage, rhizome, becoming, territory, and the body without organs.
- 02《资本主义与精神分裂（卷2）：千高原》，姜宇辉译，上海书店出版社，2010
Published Mainland translation used to compare Deleuze–Guattari terminology.
- 03“德勒兹词典”中文社区语料
Community index for discovering regional and historical variants.
Open external source ↗ - 04Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1
Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.