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:
屮
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
屮 (chè)
plants sprouting
2
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (屮)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1chī
Tone 4chè
Family Characters (2)
Root: 屮屮
chè
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
plants sprouting