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:
乘
3
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (乘)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2chéng
Tone 4shèng
Family Characters (3)
Root: 乘乘
chéng
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to ride