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:
夂
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
夂 (zhǐ)
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters; see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夂)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3zhǐ
Tone 4bèi
Family Characters (2)
Root: 夂夂
zhǐ
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters; see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]