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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吾

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

吾 (wú)

surname Wu; (old) I; my

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Tone Fan-out (吾)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 2wú

Tone 3yǔ

Tone 4wù

Tone 5

Family Characters (18)

Root: 吾

吾

wú

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Wu; (old) I; my

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语

yǔ

HSK 1

讠(speech)

language, speech

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悟

wù

HSK 6

忄(heart)

to comprehend

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晤

wù

HSK 7

日(sun)

to meet socially

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俉

wú

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亻(person)

used in 逢俉[feng2 wu2]

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唔

wú

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口(mouth)

oh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not

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圄

yǔ

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囗(enclosure)

prison; to imprison

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寤

wù

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宀(roof)

to awake from sleep

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梧

wú

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木(tree)

Sterculia platanifolia

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浯

wú

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氵(water)

(name of several rivers in China)

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焐

wù

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火(fire)

to warm sth up

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牾

wǔ

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牛(cow)

to oppose; to gore

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痦

wù

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疒(sickness)

(flat) mole

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衙

yá

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行(stepping)

surname Ya; office

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語

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言(speech)

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鼯

wú

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鼠(rat)

flying squirrel

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齬

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齒(tooth)

—

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龉

yǔ

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齿(tooth)

used in 齟齬|龃龉[ju3 yu3]

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