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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朔

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

朔 (shuò)

beginning; first day of lunar month

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Tone Fan-out (朔)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 1suō

Tone 4shuò

Family Characters (6)

Root: 朔

朔

shuò

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

beginning; first day of lunar month

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塑

sù

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土(earth)

to model in clay, plastic

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嗍

suō

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口(mouth)

to suck; Taiwan pr. [shuo4]

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搠

shuò

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扌(hand)

daub; thrust

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槊

shuò

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木(tree)

long lance

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蒴

shuò

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艹(plants)

pod; capsule

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