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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襄

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

襄 (xiāng)

surname Xiang; (literary) to assist

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Tone Fan-out (襄)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1xiāng

Tone 2náng

Tone 3rǎng

Tone 5

Family Characters (16)

Root: 襄

襄

xiāng

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

surname Xiang; (literary) to assist

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嚷

rǎng

HSK 7

口(mouth)

to shout, to bellow

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囊

náng

HSK 7

口(mouth)

sack; purse

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壤

rǎng

HSK 7

土(earth)

(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])

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攘

rǎng

HSK 7

扌(hand)

(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist

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镶

xiāng

HSK 7

钅(metal)

to inlay

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孃

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女(woman)

—

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曩

nǎng

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日(sun)

in former times

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瓤

ráng

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瓜(melon)

pulp (of fruit); sth inside a covering

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穰

ráng

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禾(grain)

surname Rang; abundant

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蘘

ráng

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艹(plants)

a kind of wild ginger

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讓

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言(speech)

—

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釀

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酉(wine vessel)

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鑲

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釒(metal)

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驤

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馬(horse)

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骧

xiāng

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马(horse)

(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise

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