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:

乔

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

乔 (qiáo)

surname Qiao; tall

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Tone Fan-out (乔)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1jiāo

Tone 2qiáo

Tone 3jiǎo

Family Characters (7)

Root: 乔

乔

qiáo

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Qiao; tall

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桥

qiáo

HSK 3

木(tree)

bridge

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侨

qiáo

HSK 7

亻(person)

emigrant; to reside abroad

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娇

jiāo

HSK 7

女(woman)

lovable; pampered

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矫

jiǎo

HSK 7

矢(arrow)

to correct, rectify, or pretend

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挢

jiǎo

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扌(hand)

to raise; to lift

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鞒

qiáo

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革(raw leather)

the pommel and cantle of a saddle

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