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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廉

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

廉 (lián)

old variant of 廉[lian2]

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Tone Fan-out (廉)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 2lián

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 廉

廉

lián

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

old variant of 廉[lian2]

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濂

lián

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氵(water)

name of a river in Hunan

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臁

lián

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⺼(meat)

sides of the lower part of the leg

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蠊

lián

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虫(insect)

used in 蜚蠊[fei3 lian2]

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鐮

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釒(metal)

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镰

lián

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钅(metal)

old variant of 鐮|镰[lian2]

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