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:

刍

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

刍 (chú)

to mow or cut grass; hay

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (刍)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1qū

Tone 2chú

Tone 4zhòu

Family Characters (9)

Root: 刍

刍

chú

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to mow or cut grass; hay

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急

jí

HSK 2

心(heart)

urgent

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趋

qū

HSK 4

走(run)

to hasten, to hurry, to tend towards

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皱

zhòu

HSK 7

皮(skin)

to wrinkle

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绉

zhòu

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纟(silk)

crepe; wrinkle

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诌

zhōu

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讠(speech)

to make up (a story); Taiwan pr. [zou1]

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邹

zōu

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阝(city)

surname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong

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雏

chú

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隹(short-tailed bird)

(bound form) chick; young bird

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驺

zōu

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马(horse)

surname Zou; groom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

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