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.

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卢

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

卢 (lú)

surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]

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Tone Fan-out (卢)

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

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Tone 2lú

Family Characters (9)

Root: 卢

卢

lú

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]

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栌

lú

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木(tree)

capital (of column); smoke tree

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泸

lú

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氵(water)

old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name

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胪

lú

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⺼(meat)

belly; skin

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舻

lú

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舟(boat)

bow of ship

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轳

lú

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车(car)

used in 轆轤|辘轳[lu4 lu5]

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颅

lú

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页(head)

forehead; skull

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鲈

lú

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鱼(fish)

common perch; bass

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鸬

lú

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鸟(bird)

used in 鸕鶿|鸬鹚[lu2 ci2]

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