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:
兆
15
Family Characters
5
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (兆)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1tiāo
Tone 2táo
Tone 3tiǎo
Tone 4zhào
Tone 5
Family Characters (15)
Root: 兆兆
zhào
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Zhao; (bound form) omen