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:
毚
5
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (毚)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2chán
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 毚毚
chán
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
cunning; artful