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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巴

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4

巴 (bā)

to wish, to long for, bar, Pakistan (abbr.)

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Tone Fan-out (巴)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1bā

Tone 2pá

Tone 3bǎ

Tone 4bà

Tone 5

Family Characters (20)

Root: 巴

巴

bā

HSK 4

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to wish, to long for, bar, Pakistan (abbr.)

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吧

bā

HSK 1

口(mouth)

bar / to puff / bang / (sentence final particle)

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爸

bà

HSK 1

父(father)

father

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爬

pá

HSK 2

爪(claw)

to crawl, to climb

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把

bǎ

HSK 3

扌(hand)

to hold; handlebar; (grammatical marker)

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肥

féi

HSK 4

⺼(meat)

fat

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疤

bā

HSK 6

疒(sickness)

scar

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芭

bā

HSK 7

艹(plants)

an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]; used in 芭蕉[ba1 jiao1]

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靶

bǎ

HSK 7

革(raw leather)

target

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岜

bā

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山(mountain)

stony hill; rocky mountain

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杷

bà

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木(tree)

handle or shaft (of an axe etc); hoe

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琶

pá

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玨(guitar strings)

see 琵琶, pipa lute

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皅

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白(white)

—

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笆

bā

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⺮(bamboo)

an article made of bamboo strips; fence

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粑

bā

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米(rice)

a round flat cake (dialect)

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耙

bà

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耒(plow)

a hoe; to harrow

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鈀

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釒(metal)

—

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钯

bǎ

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钅(metal)

palladium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [ba1]

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䰾

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魚(fish)

—

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鲃

bā

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鱼(fish)

used in 䰾魚|鲃鱼[ba1 yu2]

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