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:
丌
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
丌 (jī)
surname Ji; "pedestal" component in Chinese characters
2
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (丌)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1jī
Tone 4bì
Family Characters (2)
Root: 丌丌
jī
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Ji; "pedestal" component in Chinese characters