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:
寿
10
Family Characters
7
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (寿)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 1tāo
Tone 2chóu
Tone 3dǎo
Tone 4shòu
Family Characters (10)
Root: 寿寿
shòu
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
long life / longevity