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:

焦

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6

焦 (jiāo)

burnt, scorched, anxious

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (焦)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1jiāo

Tone 2qiáo

Tone 4jiào

Tone 5

Family Characters (15)

Root: 焦

焦

jiāo

HSK 6

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

burnt, scorched, anxious

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蕉

qiáo

HSK 3

艹(plants)

banana

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瞧

qiáo

HSK 5

目(eye)

to look at

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礁

jiāo

HSK 7

石(stone)

reef

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僬

jiāo

Expansion

亻(person)

used in 僬僥|僬侥[jiao1 yao2]; used in 僬僬[jiao1 jiao1]

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劁

qiāo

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刂(knife)

to neuter livestock

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噍

jiào

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口(mouth)

to chew

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憔

qiáo

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忄(heart)

used in 憔悴[qiao2 cui4]

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膲

jiāo

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⺼(meat)

see 三膲[san1 jiao1]

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蟭

jiāo

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虫(insect)

eggs of mantis

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譙

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言(speech)

—

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谯

qiáo

Expansion

讠(speech)

surname Qiao; drum tower

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醮

jiào

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酉(wine vessel)

to perform sacrifice

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鷦

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鳥(bird)

—

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鹪

jiāo

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鸟(bird)

eastern wren

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