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:
旨
5
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (旨)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1jī
Tone 2qí
Tone 3zhǐ
Family Characters (5)
Root: 旨旨
zhǐ
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
imperial decree, purpose, aim