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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扁

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6

扁 (piān)

flat, small, surname Pian

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Tone Fan-out (扁)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1piān

Tone 2pián

Tone 3biǎn

Tone 4biàn

Tone 5

Family Characters (18)

Root: 扁

扁

piān

HSK 6

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

flat, small, surname Pian

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遍

biàn

HSK 2

辶(walking)

variant of 遍[bian4]

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编

biān

HSK 4

纟(silk)

to weave, to edit, to compile

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骗

piàn

HSK 5

马(horse)

to cheat

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偏

piān

HSK 6

亻(person)

to lean

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煸

biān

Expansion

火(fire)

to stir-fry before broiling or stewing

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犏

piān

Expansion

牛(cow)

used in 犏牛[pian1 niu2]

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猵

piàn

Expansion

犭(dog)

used in 猵狙[pian4 ju1]

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碥

biǎn

Expansion

石(stone)

dangerous rocks jutting out over rapids

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稨

biǎn

Expansion

禾(grain)

see 稨豆[bian3 dou4]

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編

Expansion

糹(thread)

—

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翩

piān

Expansion

羽(feather)

to fly fast

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蝙

biān

Expansion

虫(insect)

used in 蝙蝠[bian1 fu2]

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褊

biǎn

Expansion

衤(clothes)

narrow; urgent

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谝

piǎn

Expansion

讠(speech)

to brag; Taiwan pr. [pian2]

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蹁

pián

Expansion

足(foot)

to limp

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騙

Expansion

馬(horse)

—

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鳊

biān

Expansion

鱼(fish)

bream

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