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:

耑

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

耑 ()

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HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (耑)

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

5 Active Tones

Tone 1duān

Tone 2chuán

Tone 3chuǎn

Tone 4ruì

Tone 5

Family Characters (11)

Root: 耑

耑

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

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端

duān

HSK 6

立(stand)

tip, end, extremity, to hold level with both hands

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喘

chuǎn

HSK 7

口(mouth)

to gasp, to pant, asthma

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揣

chuāi

HSK 7

扌(hand)

to put into (one's pockets, clothes)

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瑞

ruì

HSK 7

王(jade)

lucky, auspicious, propitious

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踹

chuài

HSK 7

足(foot)

to kick

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惴

zhuì

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忄(heart)

anxious; worried

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湍

tuān

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氵(water)

to rush (of water)

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遄

chuán

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辶(walking)

to hurry; to go to and fro

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顓

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頁(head)

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颛

zhuān

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页(head)

surname Zhuan; good

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