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:
付
12
Family Characters
6
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (付)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1fū
Tone 2fú
Tone 3fǔ
Tone 4fù
Tone 5
Family Characters (12)
Root: 付付
fù
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to pay