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:
心
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2
心 (xīn)
heart
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (心)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1xīn
Tone 4qìn
Family Characters (3)
Root: 心心
xīn
HSK 2Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
heart