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:
亲
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3
亲 (qīn)
parent, relative, close, intimate, to kiss
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (亲)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1qīn
Tone 4chèn
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 亲亲
qīn
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
parent, relative, close, intimate, to kiss