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:
狄
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
狄 (dí)
surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
3
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (狄)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2dí
Tone 4tì
Family Characters (3)
Root: 狄狄
dí
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
荻
dí
ExpansionAnaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed); used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi