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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具

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

具 (jù)

tool, device, utensil

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (具)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 4jù

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 具

具

jù

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

tool, device, utensil

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俱

jù

HSK 5

亻(person)

all, both, entirely, together

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惧

jù

HSK 7

忄(heart)

to fear

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犋

jù

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牛(cow)

unit of animal power (sufficient to pull a plow, harrow etc)

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颶

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風(wind)

—

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飓

jù

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风(wind)

used in 颶風|飓风[ju4 feng1]

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