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:
尉
4
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (尉)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4wèi
Family Characters (4)
Root: 尉尉
wèi
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Wei; military officer