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:
炎
12
Family Characters
5
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (炎)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 2yán
Tone 3tǎn
Tone 4dàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (12)
Root: 炎炎
yán
HSK 6Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
flame, inflammation