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:
子
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1
子 (zi)
noun suffix / child / seed
4
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (子)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1zī
Tone 3lǐ
Tone 5zi
Family Characters (4)
Root: 子子
zi
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
noun suffix / child / seed