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:
生
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1
生 (shēng)
to be born / life / raw
10
Family Characters
6
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (生)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1shēng
Tone 3shěng
Tone 4xìng
Family Characters (10)
Root: 生生
shēng
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to be born / life / raw