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:
庶
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
庶 (shù)
(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
6
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (庶)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 1zhē
Tone 2zhí
Tone 4shù
Tone 5
Family Characters (6)
Root: 庶庶
shù
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])