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:
朕
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
朕 (zhèn)
(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (朕)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2téng
Tone 4zhèn
Family Characters (3)
Root: 朕朕
zhèn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen