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:
戎
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
戎 (róng)
surname Rong; generic term for weapons (old)
4
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (戎)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2róng
Tone 5
Family Characters (4)
Root: 戎戎
róng
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Rong; generic term for weapons (old)