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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免

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4

免 (miǎn)

to excuse, to exempt, to avoid

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 2chán

Tone 3miǎn

Tone 5

Family Characters (10)

Root: 免

免

miǎn

HSK 4

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to excuse, to exempt, to avoid

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勉

miǎn

HSK 7

力(power)

to make an effort

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挽

wǎn

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to pull, draw, roll up, or lament

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冕

miǎn

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冂(open down box)

crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown

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娩

miǎn

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女(woman)

to give birth to a child

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浼

měi

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氵(water)

to ask a favor of

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絻

miǎn

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糹(silk)

old variant of 冕[mian3]

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谗

chán

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讠(speech)

to slander; to defame

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輓

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車(car)

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鞔

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革(raw leather)

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