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:

包

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1

包 (bāo)

bag, package, wrap

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (包)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1bāo

Tone 2páo

Tone 3bǎo

Tone 4bào

Tone 5

Family Characters (21)

Root: 包

包

bāo

HSK 1

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

bag, package, wrap

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跑

páo

HSK 1

足(foot)

paw

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饱

bǎo

HSK 2

饣(food)

full (from eating)

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泡

pāo

HSK 6

氵(water)

bubble, foam, soak

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炮

bāo

HSK 6

火(fire)

to sauté

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胞

bāo

HSK 6

⺼(meat)

placenta, womb, sibling

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雹

báo

HSK 6

雨(rain)

hail

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刨

bào

HSK 7

刂(knife)

carpenter's plane / to plane / to peel

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匏

páo

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夸(extravagant)

bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris

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咆

páo

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口(mouth)

to roar

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孢

bāo

Expansion

子(child)

spore

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庖

páo

Expansion

广(shelter)

kitchen

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狍

páo

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犭(dog)

Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

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疱

pào

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疒(sickness)

pimple; acne

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皰

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皮(skin)

—

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砲

Expansion

石(stone)

—

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飽

Expansion

飠(food)

—

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鮑

Expansion

魚(fish)

—

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鲍

bào

Expansion

鱼(fish)

surname Bao; abalone

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齙

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齒(tooth)

—

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龅

bāo

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齿(tooth)

(of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out

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