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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俞

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

俞 (yú)

surname Yu; yes (used by Emperor or ruler)

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (俞)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1shū

Tone 2yú

Tone 4yù

Tone 5

Family Characters (21)

Root: 俞

俞

yú

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Yu; yes (used by Emperor or ruler)

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输

shū

HSK 3

车(car)

to lose; to transport; to contribute

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偷

tōu

HSK 5

亻(person)

to steal

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愉

yú

HSK 6

忄(heart)

pleased

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喻

yù

HSK 7

口(mouth)

surname Yu; to describe sth as

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愈

yù

HSK 7

心(heart)

the more... (the more...), to heal, recover

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逾

yú

HSK 7

辶(walking)

variant of 逾[yu2]

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嵛

yú

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山(mountain)

place name in Shandong

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揄

yú

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扌(hand)

to draw out; to let hanging

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榆

yú

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木(tree)

elm

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毹

shū

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毛(hair)

rug

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渝

yú

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氵(water)

short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]; old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan

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瑜

yú

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王(jade)

excellence; luster of gems

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窬

yú

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穴(cave)

hole in a wall

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腧

shù

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⺼(meat)

(bound form) acupuncture point

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蝓

yú

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虫(insect)

used in 蛞蝓[kuo4 yu2]

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覦

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見(see)

—

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觎

yú

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见(see)

to desire passionately

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諭

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言(speech)

—

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谕

yù

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讠(speech)

order (from above)

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輸

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車(car)

—

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