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:
朿
4
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (朿)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1cī
Tone 2jí
Tone 4cì
Family Characters (4)
Root: 朿朿
cì
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
stab