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:
犭
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
犭 (quǎn)
three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (犭)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1xiāo
Tone 3quǎn
Family Characters (2)
Root: 犭犭
quǎn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]