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:
夌
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
夌 (líng)
to dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
9
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夌)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1lēng
Tone 2líng
Tone 5
Family Characters (9)
Root: 夌夌
líng
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao