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:

齐

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

齐 (qí)

neat, even, level

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Tone Fan-out (齐)

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1jī

Tone 2qí

Tone 3jǐ

Tone 4jì

Family Characters (13)

Root: 齐

齐

qí

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

neat, even, level

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济

jǐ

HSK 3

氵(water)

to cross a river, aid, relieve, or help

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挤

jǐ

HSK 5

扌(hand)

to squeeze / to crowd

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剂

jì

HSK 7

刂(knife)

dose, preparation, medicine compound

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侪

chái

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亻(person)

a class; a company

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哜

jì

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口(mouth)

sip

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脐

qí

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⺼(meat)

(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron

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荠

jì

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艹(plants)

see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 cai4]

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蛴

qí

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虫(insect)

used in 蠐螬|蛴螬[qi2 cao2]; used in 蝤蠐|蝤蛴[qiu2 qi2]

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跻

jī

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足(foot)

(literary) to ascend; to climb; to mount

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霁

jì

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雨(rain)

sky clearing up

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鲚

jì

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鱼(fish)

Coilia nasus

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齑

jī

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韭(leek)

finely chopped ingredients or powder

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