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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Tone 5

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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嘸

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口(mouth)

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嫵

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女(woman)

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廡

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广(shelter)

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撫

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扌(hand)

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蕪

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艹(plants)

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鄦

xǔ

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阝(city)

surname Xu; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BC)

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