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:
兀
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
兀 (wù)
surname Wu; (literary) rising to a height; towering
4
Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (兀)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1huī
Tone 4wù
Family Characters (4)
Root: 兀兀
wù
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Wu; (literary) rising to a height; towering