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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朱

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

朱 (zhū)

surname Zhu; vermilion

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Tone Fan-out (朱)

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

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Tone 1zhū

Tone 5

Family Characters (14)

Root: 朱

朱

zhū

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Zhu; vermilion

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殊

shū

HSK 4

歹(death)

different, special, very

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珠

zhū

HSK 5

王(jade)

pearl

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株

zhū

HSK 7

木(tree)

tree trunk, plant classifier, strain

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侏

zhū

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亻(person)

dwarf

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姝

shū

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女(woman)

pretty woman

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洙

zhū

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氵(water)

surname Zhu; name of a river

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茱

zhū

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艹(plants)

used in 茱萸[zhu1 yu2]

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蛛

zhū

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虫(insect)

(bound form) spider

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誅

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言(speech)

—

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诛

zhū

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讠(speech)

to put (a criminal) to death; to punish

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邾

zhū

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阝(city)

surname Zhu; name of a feudal state

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銖

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釒(metal)

—

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铢

zhū

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钅(metal)

twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

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