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:

灰

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 5

灰 (huī)

gray / ash

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (灰)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 1huī

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 灰

灰

huī

HSK 5

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

gray / ash

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恢

huī

HSK 5

忄(heart)

to restore

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咴

huī

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口(mouth)

neigh; whinny (sound made by a horse)

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盔

kuī

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皿(dish)

helmet

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詼

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言(speech)

—

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诙

huī

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讠(speech)

whimsical; humorous

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