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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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2

全 (quán)

whole, complete, all

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1shuān

Tone 2quán

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

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quán

HSK 2

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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拴

shuān

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to tie up

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栓

shuān

HSK 7

木(tree)

bottle stopper; plug

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筌

quán

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⺮(bamboo)

bamboo fish trap

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荃

quán

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艹(plants)

(fragrant plant)

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詮

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言(speech)

—

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诠

quán

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讠(speech)

to explain; to comment

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銓

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釒(metal)

—

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铨

quán

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钅(metal)

to estimate; to select

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