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:
亻
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
亻 (rén)
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (亻)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2rén
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 亻亻
rén
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)