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:
彐
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
彐 (jì)
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
8
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (彐)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 2líng
Tone 3xuě
Tone 4jì
Tone 5
Family Characters (8)
Root: 彐彐
jì
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)