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:
洛
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
洛 (luò)
surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (洛)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4luò
Family Characters (2)
Root: 洛洛
luò
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)