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:
壮
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6
壮 (zhuàng)
strong, robust, Zhuang ethnic group
2
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (壮)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1zhuāng
Tone 4zhuàng
Family Characters (2)
Root: 壮壮
zhuàng
HSK 6Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
strong, robust, Zhuang ethnic group