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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將

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

將 ()

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Tone Fan-out (將)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 1qiāng

Tone 5

Family Characters (7)

Root: 將

將

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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槳

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木(tree)

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漿

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水(water)

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獎

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犬(dog)

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蔣

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艹(plants)

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蹡

qiāng

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足(foot)

(manner of walking)

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醬

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酉(wine vessel)

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