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:
灬
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
灬 (huǒ)
fire radical
2
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (灬)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1gāo
Tone 3huǒ
Family Characters (2)
Root: 灬灬
huǒ
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
fire radical