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:

尊

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 5

尊 (zūn)

respect, honor, senior

Family Characters

HSK Words

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

4 Active Tones

Tone 1zūn

Tone 2cún

Tone 3zǔn

Tone 5

Root: 尊

尊

zūn

HSK 5

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

respect, honor, senior

蹲

cún

HSK 6

to sprain one's foot or leg (dialect)

撙

zǔn

Expansion

to reduce or cut down on; to rein in

鱒

Expansion

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鳟

zūn

Expansion

trout; barbel