Phonetic Families & Components

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Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.

Popular Roots:

青

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2

青 (qīng)

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Family Characters

HSK Words

青

qīng

HSK 2

Structure:青=Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)(qīng → sound)

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Tone 1· qīng / jīng / cāi / qiāng

13 Family Characters

Tone 2· qíng

3 Family Characters

Tone 3· qǐng

2 Family Characters

Tone 4· qiàn / jìng / qìng

6 Family Characters