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:

皆

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

皆 (jiē)

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Tone Fan-out (皆)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1jiē

Tone 2xié

Tone 3kǎi

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 皆

皆

jiē

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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谐

xié

HSK 6

讠(speech)

harmonious, humorous

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偕

xié

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亻(person)

in company with

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喈

jiē

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口(mouth)

harmonious (of music)

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揩

kāi

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扌(hand)

to wipe

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蒈

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艹(plants)

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諧

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言(speech)

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锴

kǎi

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钅(metal)

high quality iron

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階

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阝(city)

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