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:
比
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1
比 (bǐ)
to compare, ratio, than, Belgium
21
Family Characters
6
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (比)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1pī
Tone 2pí
Tone 3bǐ
Tone 4bì
Tone 5
Family Characters (21)
Root: 比比
bǐ
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to compare, ratio, than, Belgium