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:

安

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2

安 (ān)

safe; peaceful

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (安)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1ān

Tone 3ǎn

Tone 4àn

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 安

安

ān

HSK 2

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

safe; peaceful

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按

àn

HSK 3

扌(hand)

to press, to push, according to

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案

àn

HSK 4

木(tree)

legal case, table

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桉

ān

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木(tree)

Eucalyptus globulus; Taiwan pr. [an4]

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氨

ān

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气(air)

ammonia

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胺

àn

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⺼(meat)

(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. [an1]; Taiwan pr. [an1]

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銨

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釒(metal)

—

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铵

ǎn

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钅(metal)

ammonium

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鞍

ān

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革(raw leather)

(bound form) saddle

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