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:
丂
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
丂 (kǎo)
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
4
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (丂)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2háo
Tone 3kǎo
Family Characters (4)
Root: 丂丂
kǎo
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters