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:
宅
5
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (宅)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 2zhái
Tone 4chà
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 宅宅
zhái
HSK 6Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
residence, to stay at home