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:
太
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1
太 (tài)
too, extremely, highest, greatest
8
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (太)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1dāi
Tone 4tài
Tone 5
Family Characters (8)
Root: 太太
tài
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
too, extremely, highest, greatest