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:

分

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1

分 (fèn)

part, share, component

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Tone Fan-out (分)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1fēn

Tone 2pén

Tone 3fěn

Tone 4fèn

Tone 5

Family Characters (19)

Root: 分

分

fèn

HSK 1

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

part, share, component

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纷

fēn

HSK 4

纟(silk)

numerous

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扮

bàn

HSK 5

扌(hand)

to disguise oneself as, dress up, play a role

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盆

pén

HSK 5

皿(dish)

basin, pot

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氛

fēn

HSK 6

气(air)

vapor

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盼

pàn

HSK 6

目(eye)

to hope for, to long for, to expect

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粉

fěn

HSK 6

米(rice)

powder, pink, fan

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吩

fēn

HSK 7

口(mouth)

used in 吩咐[fen1 fu5]; used in transliteration of chemical compounds

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芬

fēn

HSK 7

艹(plants)

fragrance

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坌

bèn

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土(earth)

variant of 坋[ben4]; old variant of 笨[ben4]

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忿

fèn

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心(heart)

anger; indignation

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棻

fēn

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木(tree)

aromatic wood; perfume

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棼

fén

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林(forest)

beams in roof; confused

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汾

fén

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氵(water)

name of a river

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玢

fēn

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王(jade)

porphyrites

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紛

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糹(thread)

—

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邠

bīn

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阝(city)

variant of 豳[Bin1]; variant of 彬[bin1]

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酚

fēn

Expansion

酉(wine vessel)

phenol

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鼢

fén

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鼠(rat)

mole (animal)

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