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:
息
4
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (息)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1xī
Tone 2xí
Family Characters (4)
Root: 息息
xī
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
breath, rest, news, interest