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:
吕
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
吕 (lǚ)
surname Lü; pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
9
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (吕)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 1gōng
Tone 2lǘ
Tone 3lǚ
Tone 5
Family Characters (9)
Root: 吕吕
lǚ
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Lü; pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
莒
jǔ
ExpansionZhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province; alternative name for taro (old)