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.

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会

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1

会 (huì)

can, meeting, to know how to

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Tone Fan-out (会)

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

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Tone 4huì

Family Characters (12)

Root: 会

会

huì

HSK 1

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

can, meeting, to know how to

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绘

huì

HSK 6

纟(silk)

to draw, to paint

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刽

guì

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刂(knife)

to amputate; to cut off

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哙

kuài

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口(mouth)

surname Kuai; throat

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桧

huì

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木(tree)

used in 秦檜|秦桧[Qin2 Hui4]; Taiwan pr. [Kuai4]

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浍

kuài

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氵(water)

drain; stream

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烩

huì

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火(fire)

to braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

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狯

kuài

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犭(dog)

crafty; cunning

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脍

kuài

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⺼(meat)

chopped meat or fish

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荟

huì

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艹(plants)

to flourish; luxuriant growth

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郐

kuài

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阝(city)

surname Kuai; name of a feudal state

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鲙

kuài

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鱼(fish)

used in 鱠魚|鲙鱼[kuai4 yu2]; minced or diced fish (variant of 膾|脍[kuai4])

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