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:

匕

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

匕 (bǐ)

dagger

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (匕)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 3bǐ

Tone 4chì

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 匕

匕

bǐ

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

dagger

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颖

yǐng

HSK 7

禾(grain)

clever, gifted, tip

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叱

chì

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口(mouth)

to scold; shout at

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庀

pǐ

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广(shelter)

to prepare

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牝

pìn

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牛(cow)

(of a bird, animal or plant) female; keyhole

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穎

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禾(grain)

—

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鴇

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鳥(bird)

—

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鸨

bǎo

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鸟(bird)

Chinese bustard; procuress

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龀

chèn

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齿(tooth)

to replace the milk teeth

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