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:

斯

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

斯 (sī)

this / (phonetic) / Slovakia

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Tone Fan-out (斯)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 1sī

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 斯

斯

sī

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

this / (phonetic) / Slovakia

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撕

sī

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to tear

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厮

sī

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厂(cliff)

variant of 廝|厮[si1]

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嘶

sī

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口(mouth)

hiss; neigh

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廝

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广(shelter)

—

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澌

sī

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氵(water)

drain dry; to exhaust

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