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:

尞

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

尞 ()

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Tone Fan-out (尞)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1liāo

Tone 2liáo

Tone 3lǎo

Tone 4liào

Tone 5

Family Characters (18)

Root: 尞

尞

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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僚

liáo

HSK 7

亻(person)

surname Liao; bureaucrat

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潦

lǎo

HSK 7

氵(water)

flooded; heavy rain

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嘹

liáo

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口(mouth)

clear sound; cry (of cranes etc)

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寮

liáo

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宀(roof)

Laos; hut

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撩

liāo

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扌(hand)

to lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt)

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燎

liáo

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火(fire)

to burn; to set afire

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療

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疒(sickness)

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瞭

liào

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目(eye)

to watch from a height or distance

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繚

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糹(thread)

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缭

liáo

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纟(silk)

to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches

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膫

liáo

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⺼(meat)

name of a state during Han Dynasty; male genitals

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蟟

liáo

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虫(insect)

see 蟭蟟[jiao1 liao2]

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遼

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辶(walking)

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鐐

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釒(metal)

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镣

liào

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钅(metal)

fetters; leg-irons

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鷯

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鳥(bird)

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鹩

liáo

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鸟(bird)

eastern wren

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