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:
泉
4
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (泉)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 2quán
Tone 4xiàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (4)
Root: 泉泉
quán
HSK 4Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
spring (water source)