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:
川
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
川 (chuān)
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China; (bound form) river
11
Family Characters
5
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (川)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1chuān
Tone 4shùn
Tone 5
Family Characters (11)
Root: 川川
chuān
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China; (bound form) river