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:

甫

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

甫 (fǔ)

(classical) barely; just

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (甫)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1pū

Tone 2pú

Tone 3fǔ

Tone 4bù

Tone 5

Family Characters (21)

Root: 甫

甫

fǔ

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

(classical) barely; just

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辅

fǔ

HSK 5

车(car)

to assist

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捕

bǔ

HSK 6

扌(hand)

to catch; to seize; to capture

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铺

pū

HSK 6

钅(metal)

to spread

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哺

bǔ

HSK 7

口(mouth)

to feed

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乶

fǔ

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乙(second)

(phonetic "pol", used in Korean place names)

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匍

pú

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勹(wrap)

used in 匍匐[pu2 fu2]

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圃

pǔ

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囗(enclosure)

garden; orchard

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埔

bù

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土(earth)

used in place names

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尃

fū

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+ 寸

to state to, to announce

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旉

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方(square)

—

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晡

bū

Expansion

日(sun)

3-5 p.m.

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浦

pǔ

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氵(water)

surname Pu; river bank

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脯

fǔ

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⺼(meat)

dried meat; preserved fruit

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舖

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舍(house)

—

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莆

pú

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艹(plants)

place name

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補

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衤(clothes)

—

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輔

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車(car)

—

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逋

bū

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辶(walking)

to flee; to abscond

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鋪

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釒(money)

—

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黼

fǔ

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黹(embroidery)

motif of axes with black handles and white heads embroidered on ceremonial robes

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