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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朁

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

朁 (cǎn)

if, supposing, nevertheless

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Tone Fan-out (朁)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1zān

Tone 3cǎn

Tone 4jiàn

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 朁

朁

cǎn

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

if, supposing, nevertheless

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僭

jiàn

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亻(person)

(bound form) to overstep one's authority

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潛

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氵(water)

—

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簪

zān

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⺮(bamboo)

hairpin

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譖

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言(speech)

—

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谮

zèn

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讠(speech)

to slander

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