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:

亦

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

亦 (yì)

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (亦)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 2luán

Tone 4yì

Tone 5

Family Characters (7)

Root: 亦

亦

yì

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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恋

liàn

HSK 5

心(heart)

to feel attached to, long for, or love

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弈

yì

HSK 7

廾(two hands joined)

ancient name for go (Chinese board game)

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迹

jì

HSK 7

辶(walking)

footprint; mark

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奕

yì

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大(big)

abundant; graceful

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栾

luán

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木(tree)

surname Luan; Koelreuteria paniculata

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跡

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足(foot)

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