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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鲁

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

鲁 (lǔ)

Shandong province abbreviation, surname Lu, or crude/rude

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Tone Fan-out (鲁)

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

2 Active Tones

Tone 1lū

Tone 3lǔ

Family Characters (6)

Root: 鲁

鲁

lǔ

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

Shandong province abbreviation, surname Lu, or crude/rude

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噜

lū

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口(mouth)

grumble; chatter

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撸

lū

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扌(hand)

(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down; (dialect) to fire (an employee)

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橹

lǔ

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木(tree)

variant of 櫓|橹[lu3]

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氇

lǔ

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毛(hair)

used in 氆氌|氆氇[pu3 lu5]

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镥

lǔ

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钅(metal)

lutetium (chemistry)

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