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:
固
5
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (固)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4gù
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 固固
gù
HSK 4Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
hard, strong, solid