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:
弁
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
弁 (biàn)
(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times)
2
Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (弁)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4biàn
Family Characters (2)
Root: 弁弁
biàn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times)