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:
厌
5
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (厌)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1yān
Tone 3yǎn
Tone 4yàn
Family Characters (5)
Root: 厌厌
yàn
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
loathe, dislike, be fed up with