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:
勺
8
Family Characters
4
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (勺)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2sháo
Tone 4bào
Family Characters (8)
Root: 勺勺
sháo
HSK 6Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
spoon