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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宛

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

宛 (wǎn)

surname Wan; winding

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Tone Fan-out (宛)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1wān

Tone 3wǎn

Tone 4wàn

Family Characters (11)

Root: 宛

宛

wǎn

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Wan; winding

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碗

wǎn

HSK 2

石(stone)

variant of 碗[wan3]

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婉

wǎn

HSK 7

女(woman)

graceful; tactful

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惋

wǎn

HSK 7

忄(heart)

to sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. [wan4]

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腕

wàn

HSK 7

⺼(meat)

wrist

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剜

wān

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刂(knife)

to scoop out; to gouge out

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琬

wǎn

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王(jade)

ensign of royalty

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畹

wǎn

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田(field)

a field of 20 or 30 mu

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箢

yuān

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⺮(bamboo)

used in 箢箕[yuan1 ji1] and 箢篼[yuan1 dou1]; Taiwan pr. [wan3]

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菀

wǎn

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艹(plants)

used in 紫菀[zi3 wan3]

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豌

wān

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豆(bean)

pea

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