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:

戋

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

戋 (jiān)

narrow; small

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (戋)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1jiān

Tone 2qián

Tone 3qiǎn

Tone 4xiàn

Family Characters (9)

Root: 戋

戋

jiān

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

narrow; small

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钱

qián

HSK 1

钅(metal)

money

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线

xiàn

HSK 3

纟(silk)

variant of 線|线[xian4]

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浅

qiǎn

HSK 4

氵(water)

shallow

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残

cán

HSK 6

歹(death)

to destroy, ruined, disabled, remaining

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践

jiàn

HSK 6

足(foot)

to fulfill (a promise), to tread, to walk

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栈

zhàn

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木(tree)

a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework

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笺

jiān

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⺮(bamboo)

variant of 箋|笺[jian1]

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饯

jiàn

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饣(food)

farewell dinner; preserves

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