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:
厉
3
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (厉)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4lì
Family Characters (3)
Root: 厉厉
lì
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
strict, severe