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:

氐

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

氐 (dī)

name of an ancient tribe

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Tone Fan-out (氐)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1dī

Tone 2chí

Tone 3dǐ

Tone 5de

Family Characters (17)

Root: 氐

氐

dī

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

name of an ancient tribe

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低

dī

HSK 2

+ 亻

low

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底

HSK 3

广(shelter)

possessive particle (equivalent to 的)

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抵

dǐ

HSK 6

扌(hand)

to resist, prop up, or offset

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坻

chí

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土(earth)

islet; rock in river

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柢

dǐ

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木(tree)

foundation; root

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牴

dǐ

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牛(cow)

to butt; resist

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砥

dǐ

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石(stone)

baffle (pier); whetstone

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祗

zhī

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礻(spirit)

respectful (ly)

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羝

dī

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羊(sheep)

billy goat; ram

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胝

zhī

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⺼(meat)

used in 胼胝[pian2 zhi1]

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詆

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言(speech)

—

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诋

dǐ

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讠(speech)

to defame; to slander

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邸

dǐ

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阝(city)

surname Di; (bound form) residence of a high-ranking official

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骶

dǐ

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骨(bone)

(bound form) sacrum

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鴟

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鳥(bird)

—

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鸱

chī

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鸟(bird)

scops owl

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