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:
寅
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
寅 (yín)
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (寅)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2yín
Tone 3yǎn
Family Characters (3)
Root: 寅寅
yín
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°