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:

尚

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4

尚 (shàng)

still, yet, to value, to esteem

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Tone Fan-out (尚)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1tāng

Tone 2cháng

Tone 3shǎng

Tone 4shàng

Tone 5

Family Characters (24)

Root: 尚

尚

shàng

HSK 4

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

still, yet, to value, to esteem

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常

cháng

HSK 1

巾(cloth)

always, often, common

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堂

táng

HSK 2

土(earth)

hall, large room, main hall

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赏

shǎng

HSK 4

贝(shell)

to reward, to appreciate

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躺

tǎng

HSK 4

身(body)

to lie down

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尝

cháng

HSK 5

云(speak)

to taste, to experience

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掌

zhǎng

HSK 5

手(hand)

palm of the hand

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党

dǎng

HSK 6

兄(elder brother)

party, association, club, society, or surname Dang

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裳

cháng

HSK 6

衣(clothes)

lower garment; skirts

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趟

tāng

HSK 6

走(run)

old variant of 趟[tang1]

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倘

cháng

HSK 7

亻(person)

used in 倘佯[chang2 yang2]

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敞

chǎng

HSK 7

攵(strike)

spacious, open

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淌

tǎng

HSK 7

氵(water)

to drip; to trickle

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嘗

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旨(purpose)

—

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徜

cháng

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彳(stepping)

sit cross-legged; walk back and forth

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惝

chǎng

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忄(heart)

disappointed; listless

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棠

táng

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木(tree)

cherry-apple

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牚

chēng

Expansion

+ 牙

variant of 撐|撑[cheng1]

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當

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田(field)

—

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绱

shàng

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纟(silk)

to sole a shoe

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耥

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耒(plow)

—

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賞

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贝(shell)

—

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䠀

chǎng

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足(foot)

to squat; to sit

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黨

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兄(dark)

—

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