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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居

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4

居 (jū)

to reside

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (居)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1jū

Tone 4jù

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 居

居

jū

HSK 4

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to reside

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剧

jù

HSK 3

刂(knife)

theatrical work, drama, acute, severe

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据

jù

HSK 3

扌(hand)

variant of 據|据[ju4]

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锯

jū

HSK 7

钅(metal)

variant of 鋦|锔[ju1]

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倨

jù

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亻(person)

(literary) haughty; arrogant

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椐

jū

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木(tree)

Zelkowa acuminata

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琚

jū

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王(jade)

ornamental gems for belt

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裾

jū

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衤(clothes)

garment

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鋸

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釒(metal)

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