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:
爵
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
爵 (jué)
nobility, peerage, or ancient bronze wine vessel
3
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (爵)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 2jué
Family Characters (3)
Root: 爵爵
jué
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
nobility, peerage, or ancient bronze wine vessel