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:
围
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (围)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 2wéi
Family Characters (2)
Root: 围围
wéi
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to encircle, surround