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:
丬
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
丬 (qiáng)
"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]
8
Family Characters
7
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (丬)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 1zhuāng
Tone 2qiáng
Tone 3jiǎng
Tone 4zhuàng
Family Characters (8)
Root: 丬丬
qiáng
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]