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:
夹
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 5
夹 (gā)
armpit (used in compound expressions)
9
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (夹)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1gā
Tone 2xiá
Tone 4qiè
Family Characters (9)
Root: 夹夹
gā
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
armpit (used in compound expressions)