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:
施
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4
施 (shī)
surname Shi, to execute, to distribute, to apply
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (施)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1shī
Tone 2yí
Family Characters (2)
Root: 施施
shī
HSK 4Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Shi, to execute, to distribute, to apply