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:

夫

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

夫 (fū)

husband, man

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Tone Fan-out (夫)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1fū

Tone 2fú

Tone 5

Family Characters (11)

Root: 夫

夫

fū

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

husband, man

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规

guī

HSK 3

见(see)

compass, rule, regulation

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扶

fú

HSK 5

扌(hand)

to support with the hand

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肤

fū

HSK 5

⺼(meat)

skin

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呋

fū

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口(mouth)

used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃[fu1 nan2], furan or 呋喃西林[fu1 nan2 xi1 lin2], furacilinum; old variant of 趺[fu1]

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芙

fú

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艹(plants)

used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus

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蚨

fú

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虫(insect)

(water-beetle); money

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規

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見(see)

—

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趺

fū

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足(foot)

instep; tarsus

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麩

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麥(wheat)

—

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麸

fū

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麦(wheat)

variant of 麩|麸[fu1]

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