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:
保
4
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (保)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1bāo
Tone 3bǎo
Family Characters (4)
Root: 保保
bǎo
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
protect, defend, guarantee