Mandarin character families

100 high-frequency components and semantic families — browse meanings, then open the Explorer for the interactive tree.

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口 kǒu mouth, opening A1-B1 · 6 words 言 yán / 讠 speech, words A1-B2 · 6 words 人 rén / 亻 person A1-B1 · 6 words 心 xīn / 忄 heart, mind A1-B2 · 6 words 水 shuǐ / 氵 water A1-B2 · 6 words 木 mù tree, wood A1-B2 · 6 words 日 rì sun, day A1-B1 · 6 words 月 yuè moon, month A1-B1 · 5 words 火 huǒ / 灬 fire A1-B2 · 5 words 土 tǔ earth, soil A1-B2 · 5 words 金 jīn / 钅 metal, gold A2-B2 · 5 words 手 shǒu / 扌 hand A1-B2 · 6 words 足 zú / ⻊ foot, enough A2-B2 · 5 words 目 mù eye A2-B2 · 5 words 耳 ěr ear A2-B2 · 4 words 走 zǒu walk A1-B2 · 5 words 食 shí / 饣 food, eat A1-B2 · 5 words 车 chē vehicle A1-B2 · 5 words 门 mén door, gate A1-B2 · 5 words 女 nǚ woman, female A1-B2 · 6 words 子 zǐ child, noun suffix A1-B2 · 5 words 大 dà big A1-B1 · 5 words 小 xiǎo small A1-B1 · 4 words 力 lì strength A1-B2 · 5 words 学 xué study, learn A1-B2 · 6 words 语 yǔ language A1-B2 · 5 words 电 diàn electricity A1-B2 · 5 words 中 zhōng middle, China A1-B2 · 5 words 生 shēng life, birth A1-B2 · 5 words 工 gōng work, labor A1-B2 · 5 words 家 jiā home, family A1-B2 · 5 words 时 shí time A1-B2 · 5 words 年 nián year A1-B1 · 5 words 见 jiàn see, meet A1-B2 · 5 words 来 lái come A1-B2 · 5 words 去 qù go A1-B2 · 4 words 有 yǒu have, exist A1-B1 · 4 words 是 shì to be A1-A2 · 4 words 不 bù not A1-A2 · 5 words 多 duō many A1-B1 · 4 words 田 tián field A1-B1 · 6 words 山 shān mountain A1-B1 · 6 words 石 shí stone A1-B1 · 6 words 雨 yǔ rain A1-B1 · 6 words 风 fēng wind A1-B1 · 6 words 云 yún cloud A1-B1 · 6 words 天 tiān sky, day A1-B1 · 6 words 气 qì air, spirit A1-B1 · 6 words 白 bái white A1-B1 · 6 words 黑 hēi black A1-B1 · 6 words 红 hóng red A1-B1 · 6 words 绿 lǜ green A1-B1 · 6 words 蓝 lán blue A1-B1 · 6 words 黄 huáng yellow A1-B1 · 6 words 米 mǐ rice A1-B1 · 6 words 麦 mài wheat A2-B1 · 6 words 豆 dòu bean A1-B1 · 6 words 肉 ròu meat A1-B1 · 6 words 鱼 yú fish A1-B1 · 6 words 鸟 niǎo bird A1-B1 · 6 words 马 mǎ horse A1-B1 · 6 words 牛 niú cow A1-B1 · 6 words 羊 yáng sheep A1-B1 · 6 words 虫 chóng insect A2-B1 · 6 words 刀 dāo knife A1-B1 · 6 words 弓 gōng bow A2-B1 · 6 words 矢 shǐ arrow B1-B2 · 6 words 斤 jīn axe / catty A1-B1 · 6 words 方 fāng square, direction A1-B1 · 6 words 文 wén writing, culture A1-B1 · 6 words 书 shū book A1-B1 · 6 words 页 yè page A2-B1 · 6 words 贝 bèi shell, money A1-B1 · 6 words 网 wǎng net A1-B1 · 6 words 衣 yī clothing A1-B1 · 6 words 巾 jīn cloth A2-B1 · 6 words 丝 sī silk A2-B1 · 6 words 竹 zhú bamboo A2-B1 · 6 words 禾 hé grain A1-B1 · 6 words 穴 xué cave B1-B2 · 6 words 疒 nì sickness A2-B1 · 6 words 广 guǎng broad A1-B1 · 6 words 厂 chǎng box / cliff A2-B1 · 6 words 户 hù door A1-B1 · 6 words 寸 cùn inch A2-B1 · 6 words 又 yòu again, hand A1-B1 · 6 words 殳 shū weapon B1-B2 · 6 words 戈 gē halberd B1-B2 · 6 words 斤斧 fǔ axe (related) A2-B1 · 6 words 立 lì stand A1-B1 · 6 words 止 zhǐ stop A1-B1 · 6 words 癶 bō legs stride B2 · 6 words 釆 biàn distinguish B1-B2 · 6 words 里 lǐ village / li A1-B1 · 6 words 金旁 related metal words A1-B1 · 6 words 饣食旁 food words A1-B1 · 6 words 氵水旁 water words A1-B1 · 6 words 扌手旁 hand actions A1-B1 · 6 words 亻人旁 person words A1-B1 · 6 words 忄心旁 feelings A1-B1 · 6 words