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:
后
5
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (后)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4hòu
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 后后
hòu
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
empress, queen, or behind