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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出

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1

出 (chū)

to go out, to come out

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Tone Fan-out (出)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1chū

Tone 3chǔ

Tone 4chù

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 出

出

chū

HSK 1

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to go out, to come out

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础

chǔ

HSK 3

石(stone)

foundation

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屈

qū

HSK 7

尸(body)

bent, to feel wronged, surname Qu

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拙

zhuō

HSK 7

扌(hand)

awkward; clumsy

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咄

duō

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口(mouth)

(old)(interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!; Taiwan pr. [duo4]

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絀

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糹(thread)

—

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绌

chù

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纟(silk)

crimson silk; deficiency

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诎

qū

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讠(speech)

to bend; to yield

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黜

chù

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黑(black)

to dismiss from office; to expel

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