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:

召

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4

召 (shào)

surname Shao

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Tone Fan-out (召)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1chāo

Tone 2tiáo

Tone 3zhǎo

Tone 4shào

Tone 5

Family Characters (17)

Root: 召

召

shào

HSK 4

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Shao

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绍

shào

HSK 1

纟(silk)

to introduce, to continue

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超

chāo

HSK 2

走(run)

to exceed / ultra- / super-

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沼

zhǎo

HSK 7

氵(water)

pond; pool

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劭

shào

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力(power)

surname Shao; stimulate to effort

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怊

chāo

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忄(heart)

(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated

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昭

zhāo

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日(sun)

bright; clear

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炤

zhào

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火(fire)

surname Zhao

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笤

tiáo

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⺮(bamboo)

broom

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紹

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糹(thread)

—

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苕

sháo

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艹(plants)

see 紅苕|红苕[hong2 shao2]

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貂

diāo

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豸(feline beast)

sable or marten (genus Martes)

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轺

yáo

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车(car)

light carriage

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迢

tiáo

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辶(walking)

remote

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邵

shào

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阝(city)

surname Shao; place name

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髫

tiáo

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髟(long hair)

(literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle)

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龆

tiáo

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齿(tooth)

shed the milk teeth; young

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