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:

京

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1

京 (jīng)

capital city, Beijing, large

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Tone Fan-out (京)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1jīng

Tone 2liáng

Tone 4jiù

Tone 5

Family Characters (16)

Root: 京

京

jīng

HSK 1

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

capital city, Beijing, large

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就

jiù

HSK 1

尤(specialty)

then, at once, right away, just

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凉

liáng

HSK 2

冫(ice)

cool, cold

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惊

jīng

HSK 4

忄(heart)

startle

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晾

liàng

HSK 6

日(sun)

to dry in the air

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谅

liàng

HSK 6

讠(speech)

to forgive, to understand, to excuse

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掠

lüè

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to take over by force; to rob

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椋

liáng

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木(tree)

used in 椋鳥|椋鸟[liang2 niao3]

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涼

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氵(water)

—

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琼

qióng

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王(jade)

abbr. for Hainan Province 海南[Hai3 nan2]; jasper

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諒

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言(speech)

—

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輬

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車(car)

—

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辌

liáng

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车(car)

see 轀輬|辒辌[wen1 liang2]

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鯨

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魚(fish)

—

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鲸

jīng

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鱼(fish)

whale

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黥

qíng

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黑(black)

surname Qing; to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead

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