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:

占

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2

占 (zhān)

to observe, to divine

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (占)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1zhān

Tone 2nián

Tone 3diǎn

Tone 4diàn

Tone 5

Family Characters (22)

Root: 占

占

zhān

HSK 2

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to observe, to divine

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店

diàn

HSK 1

广(shelter)

shop, store, inn

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点

diǎn

HSK 1

灬(fire)

dot, point, o'clock, to touch, to order

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站

zhàn

HSK 1

立(stand)

station, to stand, to stop

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战

zhàn

HSK 4

戈(halberd)

to fight, war, battle

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贴

tiē

HSK 4

贝(shell)

to stick, paste, subsidy

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钻

zuàn

HSK 6

钅(metal)

variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]

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沾

zhān

HSK 7

氵(water)

to moisten

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粘

nián

HSK 7

米(rice)

variant of 黏[nian2]

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黏

nián

HSK 7

黍(broomcorn millet)

sticky

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佔

Expansion

亻(person)

—

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坫

diàn

Expansion

土(earth)

stand for goblets

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扂

diàn

Expansion

户(door)

door latch

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毡

zhān

Expansion

毛(hair)

felt (fabric)

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玷

diàn

Expansion

王(jade)

blemish; disgrace

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砧

zhēn

Expansion

石(stone)

anvil

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苫

shān

Expansion

艹(plants)

straw mat; thatch

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貼

Expansion

貝(shell)

—

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颭

Expansion

風(wind)

—

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飐

zhǎn

Expansion

风(wind)

to sway in the wind

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鲇

nián

Expansion

鱼(fish)

sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish

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點

Expansion

黑(black)

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