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:

昆

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

昆 (kūn)

variant of 崑|昆[kun1]

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Tone Fan-out (昆)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1kūn

Tone 2hún

Tone 3gǔn

Tone 4gùn

Tone 5

Family Characters (18)

Root: 昆

昆

kūn

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

variant of 崑|昆[kun1]

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混

hún

HSK 6

氵(water)

muddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hun2]); brainless; foolish (variant of 渾|浑[hun2])

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棍

gùn

HSK 7

木(tree)

stick, rod, scoundrel

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崑

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山(mountain)

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琨

kūn

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王(jade)

(jade)

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緄

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糹(thread)

—

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绲

gǔn

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纟(silk)

cord; embroidered sash

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輥

Expansion

車(car)

—

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辊

gǔn

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车(car)

roller

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醌

kūn

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酉(wine vessel)

quinone (chemistry)

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錕

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釒(metal)

—

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锟

kūn

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钅(metal)

steel sword

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餛

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飠(food)

—

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馄

hún

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饣(food)

used in 餛飩|馄饨[hun2 tun5]

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鯤

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魚(fish)

—

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鲲

kūn

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鱼(fish)

fry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]

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鵾

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鳥(bird)

—

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鹍

kūn

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鸟(bird)

see 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]

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