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:

翏

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

翏 (liù)

the sound of the wind; to soar

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Tone Fan-out (翏)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1chōu

Tone 2liáo

Tone 3liǎo

Tone 4liù

Tone 5

Family Characters (13)

Root: 翏

翏

liù

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

the sound of the wind; to soar

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寥

liáo

HSK 7

宀(roof)

empty; lonesome

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谬

miù

HSK 7

讠(speech)

(bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)

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嫪

lào

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女(woman)

surname Lao; longing (unrequited passion)

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戮

lù

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戈(halberd)

to peel with a knife; old variant of 戮[lu4]

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瘳

chōu

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疒(sickness)

to convalesce; to recover

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繆

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糹(thread)

—

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缪

miào

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纟(silk)

surname Miao

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膠

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⺼(meat)

—

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蓼

liǎo

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艹(plants)

polygonum; smartweed

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謬

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言(speech)

—

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醪

láo

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酉(wine vessel)

wine or liquor with sediment

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鹨

liù

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鸟(bird)

pipit (genus Anthus)

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