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:
夕
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 5
夕 (xī)
sunset, evening
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夕)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 1xī
Family Characters (2)
Root: 夕夕
xī
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
sunset, evening