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:
冀
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
冀 (jì)
short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]; surname Ji
3
Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (冀)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4jì
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 冀冀
jì
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]; surname Ji