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:
差
8
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (差)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1chā
Tone 2cuó
Tone 4chài
Family Characters (8)
Root: 差差
chā
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
difference; discrepancy