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:

各

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

各 (gè)

each, every

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Tone Fan-out (各)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1gē

Tone 2gé

Tone 4gè

Tone 5

Family Characters (27)

Root: 各

各

gè

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

each, every

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路

lù

HSK 1

足(foot)

road, path, journey

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格

gē

HSK 3

木(tree)

standard, pattern, style, grid

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络

lào

HSK 4

纟(silk)

small net

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略

lüè

HSK 6

田(field)

variant of 略[lu:e4]

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胳

gē

HSK 7

⺼(meat)

variant of 胳[ge1]

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阁

gé

HSK 7

门(door)

pavilion, cabinet

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咯

gē

Expansion

口(mouth)

(phonetic)

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恪

kè

Expansion

忄(heart)

surname Ke; respectful

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洛

luò

Expansion

氵(water)

surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)

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烙

lào

Expansion

火(fire)

to brand; to iron

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珞

luò

Expansion

王(jade)

neck-ornament

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硌

gè

Expansion

石(stone)

(coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe); to hurt

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絡

Expansion

糹(thread)

—

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袼

gē

Expansion

衤(clothes)

gusset; cloth fitting sleeve under armpit

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貉

hé

Expansion

豸(feline beast)

raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki)

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賂

Expansion

貝(shell)

—

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辂

lù

Expansion

车(car)

(archaic) large carriage, esp. a conveyance for a monarch

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酪

lào

Expansion

酉(wine vessel)

(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc); (bound form) fruit jelly; sweet paste made with crushed nuts

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鉻

Expansion

釒(metal)

—

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铬

gè

Expansion

钅(metal)

chromium (chemistry)

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閣

Expansion

門(door)

—

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餎

Expansion

飠(food)

—

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饹

gē

Expansion

饣(food)

used in 餎餷|饹馇[ge1 zha5]

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駱

Expansion

馬(horse)

—

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骆

luò

Expansion

马(horse)

surname Luo; camel

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骼

gé

Expansion

骨(bone)

used in 骨骼[gu3 ge2]

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