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:

容

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3

容 (róng)

to contain, allow, appearance

Family Characters

HSK Words

How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:

1 Active Tones

Tone 2róng

Root: 容

容

róng

HSK 3

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

to contain, allow, appearance

溶

róng

HSK 7

to dissolve; soluble

榕

róng

Expansion

Rong, another name for Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1]; Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)

蓉

róng

Expansion

short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]; paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc