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:
桑
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
桑 (sāng)
surname Sang; (bound form) mulberry tree
6
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (桑)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1sāng
Tone 3sǎng
Tone 5
Family Characters (6)
Root: 桑桑
sāng
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Sang; (bound form) mulberry tree