Phonetic Families & Components

Sound Roots & Semantic Radicals Explorer

Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.

Popular Roots:

丽

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

丽 (lí)

Korea

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Tone Fan-out (丽)

How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:

4 Active Tones

Tone 1shī

Tone 2lí

Tone 3lǐ

Tone 4lì

Family Characters (8)

Root: 丽

丽

lí

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

Korea

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俪

lì

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亻(person)

husband and wife

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逦

lǐ

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辶(walking)

winding

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郦

lì

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阝(city)

surname Li; ancient place name

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酾

shī

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酉(wine vessel)

(literary) to filter (wine); to pour (wine or tea)

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骊

lí

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马(horse)

black horse; jet steed

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鲡

lí

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鱼(fish)

eel

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鹂

lí

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鸟(bird)

Chinese oriole

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