# Pinyin fragments - what / where?

**URL:** <https://community.hanzihero.com/t/pinyin-fragments-what-where/358>\
**Category:** HanziHero\
**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/pinyin-fragments-what-where/358 "2024-02-01T01:42:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![jman](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/jman/32/211_2.png) [@jman](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/jman)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/pinyin-fragments-what-where/358/1 "2024-02-01T01:42:17Z")

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Maybe a stupid question from me 😅 but what is this site’s homepage referring to when it refers to Pinyin fragments ?

“80+  
Pinyin fragments we’ve made to make sure you never mix up a tone again”

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**Author:** ![phil](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/phil/32/6_2.png) [@phil](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/phil)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/pinyin-fragments-what-where/358/2 "2024-02-01T03:34:34Z")

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Not at all a stupid question 🙂

I use the term “pinyin fragment” as an alternative way to describe what our [sound items](https://hanzihero.com/sounds) are: you need to combine sound items in order to derive the pinyin for a character/word.

This is more evident with our [pinyin chart](https://hanzihero.com/pinyin-chart) – hence the term “pinyin fragments”

I suppose it would just be better to substitute “Sounds” in there 😅

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**Author:** ![jman](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/jman/32/211_2.png) [@jman](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/jman)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/pinyin-fragments-what-where/358/3 "2024-02-01T07:47:21Z")

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Thank you! That makes sense. It had occurred to me whether the text actually meant sound items but then I thought it refers to 80+ Pinyin fragments but there are only 74 sound items (plus I was confused about the reference to getting the “tones” mixed up)! 🧐 😅

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**Author:** ![phil](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/phil/32/6_2.png) [@phil](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/phil)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/pinyin-fragments-what-where/358/4 "2024-02-02T17:50:19Z")

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> [@jman](#):
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> there are only 74 sound items

You’re right 🤔 I’ve updated it to reflect the number of sound items, as well as use the word “Sounds” too. Thanks for the report!