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:
氏
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
氏 (shì)
clan, family name, maiden name, honorific suffix
8
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (氏)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 2qí
Tone 3zhǐ
Tone 4shì
Tone 5
Family Characters (8)
Root: 氏氏
shì
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
clan, family name, maiden name, honorific suffix