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:
犀
4
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (犀)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1xī
Tone 2chí
Tone 5
Family Characters (4)
Root: 犀犀
xī
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
rhinoceros; sharp