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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夗

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

夗 (yuàn)

to turn over when asleep

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (夗)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1yuān

Tone 3wǎn

Tone 4yuàn

Tone 5

Family Characters (7)

Root: 夗

夗

yuàn

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to turn over when asleep

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怨

yuàn

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心(heart)

to blame, resentment, grudge

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宛

wǎn

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宀(roof)

surname Wan; winding

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眢

yuān

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目(eye)

inflamed eyelids; parched

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苑

yuàn

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艹(plants)

surname Yuan; (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park

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鴛

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鳥(bird)

—

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鸳

yuān

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鸟(bird)

mandarin duck

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