Phonetic Sets in Chinese Characters
Most Chinese characters contain some clues as to the pronunciation of the character. HanziCraft automatically tries to determine these for each character. However, using this tool, we created a list of phonetic sets.
A phonetic set is a list of characters where a component produces the same pronounciation clue towards each character.
For instance, the component 马, which is pronounced as 'ma3', can be found in these characters: 吗,玛,码,蚂,犸. They all have the same pronunciation 'ma3'.
There are various degrees on how the phonetic component helps on the character level:
- Exact same pronunciation. This includes tone.
- Same syllable pronunciation, but differs in tone.
- Same in rhyme (pinyin final).
- Same in alliteration (pinyin initial).
We have compiled phonetic sets (traditional and simplified) by analyzing the 6800 most frequent characters in Chinese. Only the first two scales are shown and only phonetic sets with more than two characters are displayed.
There is still one other variable that comes to mind regarding these phonetic sets. That is the trustworthyness of the component to provide the phonetic information. The phonetic sets displayed only show characters where the component "works". What about the characters where the component failed to provide the same information? The academic term for this is called combinality. HanziCraft is working on trying to provide this information as well.
Regularity Degree One (exact same pronunciation including tone)
- 子zi3:
- 㝵de2:
- 里li3:
- 禾he2:
- 生sheng1:
- 而er2:
- 无wu2:
- 老lao3:
- 见xian4:
- 見xian4:
- 从cong2:
- 从cong1:
- 从zong4:
- 方fang1:
- 回hui2:
- 巠jing1:
- 女nu:3:
- 二er4:
- 气qi4:
- 力li4:
- 门men2:
- 門men2:
- 几ji1:
- 几ji3:
- 丶zhu3:
- 文wen2:
- 西xi1:
- 幾ji1:
- 王wang4:
- 月yue4:
- 马ma3:
- 馬ma3:
- 尼ni2:
- 色se4:
- 巴ba1:
- 比bi3:
- 比bi4:
- 立li4:
- 青qing1:
- 工gong1:
- 风feng1:
- 風feng1:
- 至zhi4:
- 表biao3:
- 林lin2:
- 干gan4:
- 非fei1:
- 目mu4:
- 石shi2:
- 离li2:
- 成cheng2:
- 合he2:
- 杀sha1:
- 冈gang1:
- 岡gang1:
- 仑lun2:
- 侖lun2:
- 乂yi4:
- 八ba1:
- 母mu3:
- 及ji2:
- 㐬liu2:
- 京jing1:
- 正zheng4:
- 戉yue4:
- 阿a1:
- 令ling3:
- 衣yi1:
- 龙long2:
- 龍long2:
- 介jie4:
- 氐di3:
- 昜yang2:
- 台tai2:
- 云yun2:
- 毛mao2:
- 亭ting2:
- 丽li2:
- 丽li4:
- 勹bao1:
- 雚guan4:
- 田tian2:
- 囗wei2:
- 韦wei2:
- 韋wei2:
- 胡hu2:
- 娄lou2:
- 婁lou2:
- 朋peng2:
- 曼man4:
- 皮pi2:
- 土tu3:
- 畐fu2:
- 支zhi1:
- 闌lan2:
- 斿you2:
- 术shu4:
- 路lu4:
- 角jue2:
- 中zhong1:
- 豊li3:
- 玉yu4:
- 彐ji4:
- 止zhi3:
- 广guang3:
- 呈cheng2:
- 户hu4:
- 太tai4:
- 耳er3:
- 昏hun1:
- 求qiu2:
- 列lie4:
- 堇jin3:
- 羊yang2:
- 弗fu2:
- 臼jiu4:
- 松song1:
- 式shi4:
- 登deng1:
- 必bi4:
- 竟jing4:
- 秋qiu1:
- 申shen1:
- 齐qi2:
- 齊qi2:
- 亢kang4:
- 元yuan2:
- 袁yuan2:
- 朱zhu1:
- 奂huan4:
- 奐huan4:
- 乃nai3:
- 扁pian1:
- 代dai4:
- 直zhi2:
- 胃wei4:
- 廷ting2:
- 由you2:
- 牙ya2:
- 正zheng1:
- 付fu4:
- 夅jiang4:
- 乍zha4:
- 卂xun4:
- 采cai3:
- 鼓gu3:
- 才cai2:
- 受shou4:
- 蒦huo4:
- 分fen1:
- 贝bei4:
- 貝bei4:
- 彔lu4:
- 皆jie1:
- 奇qi2:
- 尤you2:
- 乔qiao2:
- 喬qiao2:
- 平ping2:
- 曾zeng1:
- 睪yi4:
- 辰chen2:
- 雍yong1:
- 冬dong1:
- 甘gan1:
- 半ban4:
- 鬲ge2:
- 来lai2:
- 來lai2:
- 臿cha1:
- 区ou1:
- 區ou1:
- 意yi4:
- 朵duo3:
- 召shao4:
- 臽xian4:
- 罔wang3:
- 原yuan2:
- 票piao4:
- 岂kai3:
- 豈kai3:
- 劦xie2:
- 相xiang1:
- 度du4:
- 氏zhi1:
- 宗zong1:
- 犮ba2:
- 孚fu2:
- 尉wei4:
- 仓cang1:
- 倉cang1:
- 辛xin1:
- 建jian4:
- 巨ju4:
- 冓gou4:
- 贞zhen1:
- 貞zhen1:
- 帝di4:
- 吕lu:3:
- 利li4:
- 甬yong3:
- 昌chang1:
- 悤cong1:
- 丁ding1:
- 令ling2:
- 保bao3:
- 夌ling2:
- 弟di4:
- 农nong2:
- 農nong2:
- 争zheng1:
- 爭zheng1:
- 灰hui1:
- 夫fu2:
- 宛wan3:
- 匋tao2:
- 具ju4:
- 苗miao2:
- 连lian2:
- 連lian2:
- 辡bian4:
- 戋jian1:
- 戔jian1:
- 希xi1:
- 彡shan1:
- 豆dou4:
- 莫mo4:
- 名ming2:
- 郎lang2:
- 复fu4:
- 夕xi1:
- 末mo4:
- 盧lu2:
- 夷yi2:
- 俞yu2:
- 免mian3:
- 呙guo1:
- 咼guo1:
- 疌jie2:
- 矛mao2:
- 区qu1:
- 區qu1:
- 厓ya2:
- 沙sha1:
- 欠qian4:
- 兹zi1:
- 妻qi1:
- 千qian1:
- 鹿lu4:
- 旬xun2:
- 丙bing3:
- 皇huang2:
- 布bu4:
- 斯si1:
- 府fu3:
- 夫fu1:
- 因yin1:
- 奚xi1:
- 丩jiu1:
- 廉lian2:
- 侯hou2:
- 敝bi4:
- 录lu4:
- 华hua2:
- 華hua2:
- 果guo3:
- 夜ye4:
- 占zhan1:
- 尊zun1:
- 其qi2:
- 秀xiu4:
- 唐tang2:
- 会hui4:
- 會hui4:
- 厉li4:
- 厲li4:
- 乌wu1:
- 烏wu1:
- 亥hai4:
- 龠yue4:
- 卑bei1:
- 包bao1:
- 夹jia2:
- 夾jia2:
- 句gou1:
- 交jiao1:
- 甫fu3:
- 咢e4:
- 罗luo2:
- 羅luo2:
- 析xi1:
- 容rong2:
- 益yi4:
- 熏xun1:
- 敖ao2:
- 奄yan1:
- 考kao3:
- 辟pi4:
- 迷mi2:
- 普pu3:
- 婴ying1:
- 嬰ying1:
- 蒙meng2:
- 留liu2:
- 柔rou2:
- 宣xuan1:
- 亚ya4:
- 亞ya4:
- 禽qin2:
- 㐱zhen3:
- 星xing1:
- 堂tang2:
- 永yong3:
- 敫jiao3:
- 庸yong1:
- 宾bin1:
- 賓bin1:
- 伐fa2:
- 阑lan2:
- 厄e4:
- 吾wu2:
- 段duan4:
- 聶nie4:
- 眇miao3:
- 詹zhan1:
- 襄xiang1:
- 旱han4:
- 览lan3:
- 覽lan3:
- 垂chui2:
- 宁ning2:
- 寧ning2:
- 豪hao2:
- 解xie4:
- 弟ti4:
- 闲xian2:
- 啇di2:
- 查zha1:
- 圭gui1:
- 牟mou2:
- 焦jiao1:
- 加jia1:
- 章zhang1:
- 遣qian3:
- 卢lu2:
- 委wei3:
- 曹cao2:
- 匡kuang1:
- 劳lao2:
- 勞lao2:
- 素su4:
- 安an1:
- 居ju1:
- 市shi4:
- 黄huang2:
- 历li4:
- 歷li4:
- 眉mei2:
- 聂nie4:
- 央yang1:
- 巳si4:
- 责ze2:
- 責ze2:
- 彭peng2:
- 邑yi4:
- 善shan4:
- 隹zhui1:
- 刃ren4:
- 爱ai4:
- 愛ai4:
- 童tong2:
- 可ke3:
- 雷lei2:
- 㝉zhu4:
- 尽jin4:
- 盡jin4:
- 全quan2:
- 遂sui4:
- 赖lai4:
- 賴lai4:
- 甲jia3:
- 奇ji1:
- 臾yu2:
- 冥ming2:
- 休xiu1:
- 查cha2:
- 固gu4:
- 匽yan3:
- 卯mao3:
- 单dan1:
- 單dan1:
- 光guang1:
- 屯tun2:
- 定ding4:
- 卞bian4:
- 四si4:
- 厥jue2:
- 昆kun1:
- 就jiu4:
- 告gao4:
- 寻xun2:
- 尋xun2:
- 毕bi4:
- 畢bi4:
- 空kong1:
- 午wu3:
- 古gu3:
- 者zhe3:
- 矞yu4:
- 耒lei3:
- 丸wan2:
- 强qiang3:
- 会kuai4:
- 會kuai4:
- 各ge4:
- 思si1:
- 累lei2:
- 凡fan2:
- 奴nu2:
- 兼jian1:
- 时shi2:
- 時shi2:
Regularity Degree Two (exact same syllable but different tone)
- 门men2:
- 門men2:
- 子zi5:
- 子zi3:
- 麻ma2:
- 十shi2:
- 相xiang4:
- 羊yang2:
- 巴ba1:
- 女ru3:
- 从cong1:
- 从cong2:
- 青qing1:
- 中zhong1:
- 中zhong4:
- 重zhong4:
- 几ji3:
- 几ji1:
- 爿qiang2:
- 主zhu3:
- 丶zhu3:
- 幾ji3:
- 申shen1:
- 王wang4:
- 王wang2:
- 长zhang3:
- 長zhang3:
- 尼ni2:
- 丨shu4:
- 马ma3:
- 馬ma3:
- 比bi4:
- 匕bi3:
- 比bi3:
- 方fang1:
- 亻ren2:
- 壬ren2:
- 人ren2:
- 己ji3:
- 艮gen3:
- 艮gen4:
- 亥hai4:
- 彐ji4:
- 白bai2:
- 官guan1:
- 敬jing4:
- 正zheng1:
- 大da4:
- 令ling2:
- 令ling4:
- 各ge4:
- 衣yi4:
- 古gu3:
- 氐di1:
- 只zhi1:
- 正zheng4:
- 壯zhuang4:
- 肖xiao4:
- 向xiang4:
- 牙ya2:
- 丽li4:
- 丽li2:
- 耶ye5:
- 交jiao1:
- 干gan4:
- 北bei3:
- 反fan3:
- 句gou1:
- 居ju1:
- 安an1:
- 九jiu3:
- 艹cao3:
- 单dan1:
- 單dan1:
- 召zhao4:
- 付fu4:
- 间jian1:
- 间jian4:
- 間jian1:
- 間jian4:
- 虍hu1:
- 丁ding1:
- 韋wei2:
- 氏zhi1:
- 旦dan4:
- 包bao1:
- 勹bao1:
- 奴nu2:
- 孟meng4:
- 加jia1:
- 莫mo4:
- 將jiang1:
- 將jiang4:
- 每mei3:
- 米mi3:
- 真zhen1:
- 予yu2:
- 予yu3:
- 巠jing1:
- 采cai4:
- 分fen4:
- 廷ting2:
- 菐pu2:
- 共gong4:
- 于yu2:
- 票piao4:
- 奇ji1:
- 酉you3:
- 高gao1:
- 卷juan3:
- 用yong4:
- 韦wei2:
- 夆feng2:
- 俞yu2:
- 扁pian1:
- 分fen1:
- 弟ti4:
- 委wei3:
- 委wei1:
- 令ling3:
- 留liu2:
- 争zheng1:
- 叟sou3:
- 夫fu1:
- 里li3:
- 登deng1:
- 小xiao3:
- 非fei1:
- 旁pang2:
- 尃fu1:
- 吾wu2:
- 龙long2:
- 龍long2:
- 当dang4:
- 當dang4:
- 同tong4:
- 啇di2:
- 口kou3:
- 敖ao2:
- 可ke3:
- 可ke4:
- 并bing4:
- 妻qi4:
- 喜xi3:
- 章zhang1:
- 夫fu2:
- 夸kua1:
- 桑sang1:
- 工gong1:
- 辟pi4:
- 华hua4:
- 華hua4:
- 占zhan4:
- 先xian1:
- 出chu1:
- 了liao4:
- 夹jia1:
- 夾jia1:
- 賏ying4:
- 句ju4:
- 宛wan3:
- 娄lou2:
- 婁lou2:
- 戋jian1:
- 戔jian1:
- 奄yan3:
- 司si1:
- 崩beng1:
- 困kun4:
- 蒙meng3:
- 蒙meng1:
- 曾zeng1:
- 劳lao2:
- 劳lao4:
- 勞lao2:
- 勞lao4:
- 卯mao3:
- 冋jiong1:
- 冂jiong1:
- 父fu4:
- 玄xuan2:
- 利li4:
- 寧ning4:
- 区ou1:
- 區ou1:
- 执zhi2:
- 執zhi2:
- 面mian4:
- 曼man4:
- 長chang2:
- 更geng1:
- 更geng4:
- 念nian4:
- 山shan1:
- 畏wei4:
- 乞qi3:
- 辱ru3:
- 朵duo3:
- 即ji2:
- 宾bin1:
- 賓bin1:
- 囊nang2:
- 无wu2:
- 無wu2:
- 番fan1:
- 厥jue2:
- 吕lu:3:
- 言yan2:
- 於yu2:
- 厌yan4:
- 毛mao2:
- 脊ji3:
- 矛mao2:
- 叉cha2:
- 叉cha3:
- 叉cha1:
- 麗li2:
- 由you2:
- 空kong4:
- 佘she2:
- 麗li4:
- 有you3:
- 强qiang2:
- 堂tang2:
- 止zhi3: