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:
奇
18
Family Characters
5
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (奇)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1jī
Tone 2qí
Tone 3yǐ
Tone 4jì
Tone 5
Family Characters (18)
Root: 奇奇
jī
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
odd (number)