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:
劦
3
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (劦)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2xié
Tone 4liè
Family Characters (3)
Root: 劦劦
liè
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
unending exertion