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:
气
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1
气 (qì)
gas, air, breath, spirit
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (气)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4qì
Family Characters (2)
Root: 气气
qì
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
gas, air, breath, spirit