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:
彳
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
彳 (chì)
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (彳)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4chì
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 彳彳
chì
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]