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:
泰
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
泰 (tài)
Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (泰)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3dǎi
Tone 4tài
Family Characters (2)
Root: 泰泰
tài
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand