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:

尃

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

尃 (fū)

to state to, to announce

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (尃)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1fū

Tone 2bó

Tone 3pǔ

Tone 4fù

Tone 5

Family Characters (10)

Root: 尃

尃

fū

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to state to, to announce

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博

bó

HSK 5

十(ten)

old variant of 博[bo2]

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搏

bó

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to fight; to combat

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缚

fù

HSK 7

纟(silk)

to bind; to tie

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膊

bó

HSK 7

⺼(meat)

shoulder, upper arm

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溥

pǔ

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氵(water)

surname Pu; extensive

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縛

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糹(thread)

—

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赙

fù

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贝(shell)

to contribute to funeral expenses

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鎛

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釒(bell)

—

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镈

bó

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钅(metal)

ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell; hoe

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