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:

每

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

每 (měi)

each

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 2méi

Tone 3měi

Tone 4huì

Tone 5

Family Characters (12)

Root: 每

每

měi

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

each

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海

hǎi

HSK 2

氵(water)

sea

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悔

huǐ

HSK 5

忄(heart)

to regret

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敏

mǐn

HSK 5

攵(strike)

quick, nimble, smart

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梅

méi

HSK 6

木(tree)

plum, plum blossom

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霉

méi

HSK 7

雨(rain)

mold, mildew, to become moldy

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晦

huì

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日(sun)

(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy

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脢

méi

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⺼(meat)

meat on the back of an animal

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莓

méi

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艹(plants)

berry; strawberry

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誨

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言(speech)

—

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诲

huì

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讠(speech)

to teach; to instruct

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酶

méi

Expansion

酉(wine vessel)

enzyme; ferment

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