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:

若

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6

若 (ruò)

if, like, to seem

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Tone Fan-out (若)

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

3 Active Tones

Tone 3rě

Tone 4ruò

Tone 5

Family Characters (9)

Root: 若

若

ruò

HSK 6

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

if, like, to seem

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诺

nuò

HSK 6

讠(speech)

to consent, promise

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匿

nì

HSK 7

匸(hiding enclosure)

to hide

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惹

rě

HSK 7

心(heart)

to provoke

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偌

ruò

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亻(person)

so; such

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喏

nuò

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口(mouth)

(indicating agreement) yes; all right

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箬

ruò

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⺮(bamboo)

(bamboo); skin of bamboo

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諾

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言(speech)

—

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锘

nuò

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钅(metal)

nobelium (chemistry)

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