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:
圭
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
圭 (guī)
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial
24
Family Characters
9
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (圭)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1guī
Tone 2xié
Tone 3kuǐ
Tone 4guà
Tone 5
Family Characters (24)
Root: 圭圭
guī
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial
桂
guì
HSK 7surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]