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:

昜

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

昜 (yáng)

old variant of 陽|阳[yang2]

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (昜)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1tāng

Tone 2yáng

Tone 4chàng

Tone 5

Family Characters (21)

Root: 昜

昜

yáng

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

old variant of 陽|阳[yang2]

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场

cháng

HSK 1

土(earth)

field, place, stage

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汤

tāng

HSK 3

氵(water)

soup

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扬

yáng

HSK 4

扌(hand)

variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

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肠

cháng

HSK 5

⺼(meat)

intestines

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畅

chàng

HSK 6

申(open)

smooth

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場

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土(earth)

—

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塲

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土(earth)

—

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揚

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扌(hand)

—

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暢

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申(open)

—

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楊

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木(tree)

—

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殇

shāng

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歹(death)

to die in childhood; war dead

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殤

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歹(death)

—

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湯

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氵(water)

—

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炀

yáng

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火(fire)

molten; smelt

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煬

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火(fire)

—

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疡

yáng

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疒(sickness)

ulcers; sores

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腸

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⺼(meat)

—

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觞

shāng

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角(horn)

feast; goblet

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觴

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角(horn)

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饧

xíng

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饣(food)

maltose syrup; molasses

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