The 亥 family
亥 · hài · ㄏㄞˋ — 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar
Know 亥 and the readings of 5 more characters follow: 該、孩、骸、咳、駭. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 該gāi · ㄍㄞ部首 言 · wordsshould; ought to66%
- 孩hái · ㄏㄞˊ部首 子 · sonchild79%
- 骸hái · ㄏㄞˊ部首 骨 · bonebones of the body79%
- 咳ké · ㄎㄜˊ部首 口 · mouthcough79%
- 駭hài · ㄏㄞˋ部首 馬 · horseto astonish; to startle88%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 亥 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 亥 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 78%.
Words this family builds
- 孩子
- 應該
- 女孩
- 小孩
- 男孩
- 不該
- 女孩子
- 小孩子
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