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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睘

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

睘 (qióng)

variant of 瞏[qiong2]

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Tone Fan-out (睘)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1xuān

Tone 2qióng

Tone 4huàn

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 睘

睘

qióng

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

variant of 瞏[qiong2]

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儇

xuān

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亻(person)

(literary) ingenious; (literary) frivolous

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寰

huán

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宀(roof)

large domain; extensive region

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環

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王(jade)

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繯

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糹(thread)

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缳

huán

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纟(silk)

to bind; to tie

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轘

huàn

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車(car)

to tear between chariots (as punishment)

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䴉

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鳥(bird)

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鹮

huán

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鸟(bird)

spoonbill; ibis

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