Phonetic Families & Components
Sound Roots & Semantic Radicals Explorer
Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.
Popular Roots:
㔾
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
㔾 (jié)
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
5
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (㔾)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 2jié
Tone 4fàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 㔾㔾
jié
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)