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:
攵
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
攵 (pū)
variant of 攴[pu1]
4
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (攵)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1pū
Tone 2méi
Family Characters (4)
Root: 攵攵
pū
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
variant of 攴[pu1]