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:

屋

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

屋 (wū)

house, room

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (屋)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 1wū

Tone 4wò

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 屋

屋

wū

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

house, room

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握

wò

HSK 3

扌(hand)

to hold, to grasp, to clench

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喔

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口(mouth)

(interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)

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渥

wò

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氵(water)

to enrich; to moisten

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齷

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齒(tooth)

—

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龌

wò

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齿(tooth)

dirty; small-minded

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