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:
屏
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6
屏 (bīng)
screen, shield, or to hold breath
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (屏)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1bīng
Tone 4bìng
Family Characters (2)
Root: 屏屏
bīng
HSK 6Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
screen, shield, or to hold breath