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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合

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2

合 (gě)

measure for dry grain (one-tenth of a sheng) / 100 ml

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (合)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1gē

Tone 2ná

Tone 3gě

Tone 4qià

Tone 5

Family Characters (22)

Root: 合

合

gě

HSK 2

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

measure for dry grain (one-tenth of a sheng) / 100 ml

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拿

ná

HSK 1

手(hand)

old variant of 拿[na2]

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给

gěi

HSK 1

纟(silk)

to give

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哈

hǎ

HSK 3

口(mouth)

laughter, laugh, to scold, a Pekinese (pug)

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盒

hé

HSK 5

皿(dish)

small box, case

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恰

qià

HSK 6

忄(heart)

exactly, just

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鸽

gē

HSK 7

鸟(bird)

pigeon; dove

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峇

bā

Expansion

山(mountain)

(used in transliteration)

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給

Expansion

糹(thread)

—

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耠

huō

Expansion

耒(plow)

a hoe; to hoe

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荅

dā

Expansion

艹(plants)

variant of 答[da1]

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蛤

gé

Expansion

虫(insect)

(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]

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袷

jiá

Expansion

衤(clothes)

variant of 夾|夹[jia2]

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铪

hā

Expansion

钅(metal)

hafnium (chemistry)

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閤

Expansion

門(door)

—

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頜

Expansion

頁(head)

—

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颌

hé

Expansion

页(head)

(bound form) jaw

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餄

Expansion

飠(food)

—

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饸

hé

Expansion

饣(food)

used in 餄餎|饸饹[he2 le5]

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鴿

Expansion

鳥(bird)

—

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龕

Expansion

龍(dragon)

—

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龛

kān

Expansion

龙(dragon)

(bound form) niche; shrine

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