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:
夆
8
Family Characters
4
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夆)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 1fēng
Tone 2féng
Tone 3běng
Tone 5
Family Characters (8)
Root: 夆夆
féng
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to butt (as horned animals)