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:
夬
7
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夬)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1quē
Tone 2jué
Tone 4guài
Family Characters (7)
Root: 夬夬
guài
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
decisive