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:
丈
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4
丈 (zhàng)
ten Chinese feet, measure of length, husband
3
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (丈)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4zhàng
Family Characters (3)
Root: 丈丈
zhàng
HSK 4Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
ten Chinese feet, measure of length, husband