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:

宗

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6

宗 (zōng)

ancestor, school, sect, purpose

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Tone Fan-out (宗)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1zōng

Tone 2chóng

Tone 4zèng

Tone 5

Family Characters (11)

Root: 宗

宗

zōng

HSK 6

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

ancestor, school, sect, purpose

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综

zèng

HSK 4

纟(silk)

heddle

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崇

chóng

HSK 6

山(mountain)

high, lofty, to esteem, to worship

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棕

zōng

HSK 6

木(tree)

variant of 棕[zong1]

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粽

zòng

HSK 7

米(rice)

rice dumpling

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踪

zōng

HSK 7

足(foot)

variant of 蹤|踪[zong1]

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淙

cóng

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氵(water)

noise of water

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琮

cóng

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王(jade)

surname Cong; jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

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綜

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糹(thread)

—

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腙

zōng

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⺼(meat)

hydrazone (chemistry)

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鬃

zōng

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髟(long hair)

variant of 鬃[zong1]

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