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:

共

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2

共 (gòng)

common, together, to share

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (共)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1gōng

Tone 2hóng

Tone 3gǒng

Tone 4gòng

Tone 5

Family Characters (14)

Root: 共

共

gòng

HSK 2

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

common, together, to share

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哄

hòng

HSK 7

口(mouth)

uproar

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恭

gōng

HSK 7

⺗(heart)

respectful

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拱

gǒng

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to cup hands, to arch

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烘

hōng

HSK 7

火(fire)

to bake, to heat by fire, to set off by contrast

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粪

fèn

HSK 7

米(rice)

manure

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栱

gǒng

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木(tree)

post

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珙

gǒng

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王(jade)

(gem)

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蕻

hóng

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艹(plants)

used in 雪裡蕻|雪里蕻[xue3 li3 hong2]; Taiwan pr. [hong4]

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衖

xiàng

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行(stepping)

variant of 巷[xiang4]

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輂

jú

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車(car)

horse carriage (old)

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鬨

Expansion

鬥(fight)

—

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龔

Expansion

龍(dragon)

—

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龚

gōng

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龙(dragon)

surname Gong

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