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:
巠
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
巠 (jīng)
underground watercourse; archaic variant of 經|经[jing1]
14
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (巠)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1jīng
Tone 2xíng
Tone 5
Family Characters (14)
Root: 巠巠
jīng
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
underground watercourse; archaic variant of 經|经[jing1]