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:
弱
4
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (弱)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4ruò
Family Characters (4)
Root: 弱弱
ruò
HSK 4Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
weak