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:

庸

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

庸 (yōng)

ordinary

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Tone Fan-out (庸)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 1yōng

Tone 5

Family Characters (7)

Root: 庸

庸

yōng

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

ordinary

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傭

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亻(person)

—

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墉

yōng

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土(earth)

fortified wall; city wall

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慵

yōng

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忄(heart)

lethargic

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镛

yōng

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钅(metal)

large bell

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鱅

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魚(fish)

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鳙

yōng

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鱼(fish)

see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]

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