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:
力
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2
力 (lì)
power, force, strength
7
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (力)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4lì
Family Characters (7)
Root: 力力
lì
HSK 2Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
power, force, strength