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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厄

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

厄 (è)

distressed, adversity, misfortune

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Tone Fan-out (厄)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 4è

Tone 5

Family Characters (7)

Root: 厄

厄

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

distressed, adversity, misfortune

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顾

gù

HSK 2

页(head)

to look after; to take into consideration

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呃

Expansion

口(mouth)

(exclamation); to hiccup

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扼

Expansion

扌(hand)

to grip forcefully; to clutch at

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苊

Expansion

艹(plants)

acenaphthene (C12H10)

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軛

Expansion

車(car)

—

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轭

Expansion

车(car)

yoke

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