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:
宰
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
宰 (zǎi)
to slaughter, to butcher, or to fleece (overcharge)
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (宰)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 3zǎi
Family Characters (2)
Root: 宰宰
zǎi
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to slaughter, to butcher, or to fleece (overcharge)