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:
华
5
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (华)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1huā
Tone 2huá
Tone 4huà
Family Characters (5)
Root: 华华
huá
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
magnificent