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:

冘

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

冘 (yín)

to go forward; to advance

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (冘)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1dān

Tone 2yín

Tone 3zhěn

Tone 4zhèn

Tone 5

Family Characters (8)

Root: 冘

冘

yín

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to go forward; to advance

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枕

zhěn

HSK 7

木(tree)

(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])

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耽

dān

HSK 7

耳(ear)

to indulge in, to delay

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忱

chén

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忄(heart)

sincerity; honesty

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沈

shěn

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氵(water)

surname Shen

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眈

dān

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目(eye)

used in 眈眈[dan1 dan1]

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鴆

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鳥(bird)

—

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鸩

zhèn

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鸟(bird)

legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous

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