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:
昌
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 6
昌 (chāng)
prosperous, flourishing, surname Chang
7
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (昌)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1chāng
Tone 4chàng
Tone 5
Family Characters (7)
Root: 昌昌
chāng
HSK 6Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
prosperous, flourishing, surname Chang