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:
斥
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
斥 (chì)
to blame, reprove, reprimand, or expel
3
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (斥)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1chāi
Tone 4chì
Family Characters (3)
Root: 斥斥
chì
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to blame, reprove, reprimand, or expel