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Phonetics/Sound Elements/声旁

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The following table contains 19 characters with the same phonetic element. notice that the pronunciation is no longer exactly the same - some are qing and some are jing - and that the tones vary. The other part of the character is the radical (indicated in parentheses underneath). Note that these are all traditional characters.
 * 凊 qing4 cold, cool || 情 qing2 sentiment || 清 qing1 clear up, settle ||
 * (ice) || (heart) || (water) ||
 * 請 qing3 request || 晴 qing2 fine, clear || 鯖 qing1 mackerel ||
 * (language) || (sun) || (fish) ||
 * 蜻 qing1 dragonfly || 圊 qing1 toilet || 鼱 jing1 shrew ||
 * (insect) || (encirclement) || (rat) ||
 * 精 jing1 refined || 靜 jing4 still, quiet || 睛 jing1 eyeball ||
 * (rice) || (green) || (eye) ||
 * 菁 jing1 lush, luxuriant || 靖 jing4 pacify || 婧 jing4 modest,supple ||
 * (grass) || (stand) || (woman) ||
 * 箐 jing1 flower of leek || 靚 jing4 make up || 鶄 jing1 water bird ||
 * (bamboo) || (green) || (bird) ||

Flip through the following book. Look at the component in each character that is the same; that is the phonetic element. (We are not now concerned with what each one sonds like.) The other part of the character is the radical. [] media type="custom" key="12454900" back to the Characters Menu OR on to Structure