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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刃

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

刃 (rèn)

edge of blade

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (刃)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 4rèn

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 刃

刃

rèn

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

edge of blade

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韧

rèn

HSK 7

韦(tanned soft leather)

old variant of 韌|韧[ren4]

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仞

rèn

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+ 亻

unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]

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軔

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車(car)

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轫

rèn

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车(car)

brake

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韌

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韋(tanned soft leather)

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