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:
吴
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
吴 (wú)
surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
7
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (吴)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 2wú
Tone 3yǔ
Tone 4wù
Tone 5
Family Characters (7)
Root: 吴吴
wú
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai