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:
爱
5
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (爱)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3ǎi
Tone 4ài
Family Characters (5)
Root: 爱爱
ài
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
love