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:
夔
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
夔 (kuí)
one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夔)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 2kuí
Family Characters (2)
Root: 夔夔
kuí
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing