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:

卓

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

卓 (zhuó)

surname Zhuo; outstanding

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Tone Fan-out (卓)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1chāo

Tone 2zhuó

Tone 4diào

Tone 5

Family Characters (11)

Root: 卓

卓

zhuó

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Zhuo; outstanding

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掉

diào

HSK 2

扌(hand)

to fall, drop, shed, or lose

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悼

dào

HSK 7

忄(heart)

to mourn; to lament

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绰

chāo

HSK 7

纟(silk)

to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯[chao1]

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罩

zhào

HSK 7

罒(net)

cover, shade, hood

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倬

zhuō

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亻(person)

noticeable; large

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棹

zhuō

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木(tree)

variant of 桌[zhuo1]

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淖

nào

Expansion

氵(water)

surname Nao; slush

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焯

chāo

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火(fire)

to blanch; to parboil

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綽

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糹(silk)

—

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踔

chuō

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足(foot)

to get ahead; to stride

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