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:
敬
6
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (敬)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 2qíng
Tone 3jǐng
Tone 4jìng
Tone 5
Family Characters (6)
Root: 敬敬
jìng
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
respectful; to respect