The 曷 family
曷 · hé · ㄏㄜˊ — why
Know 曷 and the readings of 8 more characters follow: 喝、渴、葛、揭、歇、遏、褐、竭. 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.
- 喝hē · ㄏㄜ部首 口 · mouthto drink79%
- 渴kě · ㄎㄜˇ部首 氵 三點水 · waterthirsty66%
- 葛gé · ㄍㄜˊ部首 艸 · grasskudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth66%
- 揭jiē · ㄐㄧㄝ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto take the lid off; to expose57%
- 歇xiē · ㄒㄧㄝ部首 欠 · to oweto rest; to take a break57%
- 遏è · ㄜˋ部首 辶 走之旁 · walkto restrain; to check66%
- 褐hé · ㄏㄜˊ部首 衤 衣字旁 · clothesbrown; gray or dark color88%
- 竭jié · ㄐㄧㄝˊ部首 立 · to standto exhaust57%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 曷 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 曷 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 67%.
Words this family builds
- 喝酒
- 喝醉
- 渴望
- 喝茶
- 好喝
- 揭露
- 米歇爾
- 竭盡
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