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:
壬
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
壬 (rén)
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; ninth in order
7
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (壬)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 2rén
Tone 4rèn
Tone 5
Family Characters (7)
Root: 壬壬
rén
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; ninth in order