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:
善
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3
善 (shàn)
good, virtuous, benevolent, well-disposed
8
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (善)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4shàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (8)
Root: 善善
shàn
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
good, virtuous, benevolent, well-disposed