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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袁

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

袁 (yuán)

surname Yuan; long robe (old)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 2yuán

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 袁

袁

yuán

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Yuan; long robe (old)

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園

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囗(enclosure)

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猿

yuán

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犭(dog)

variant of 猿[yuan2]

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轅

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車(car)

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辕

yuán

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车(car)

shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office

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遠

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辶(walking)

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