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:
畀
5
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (畀)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2bí
Tone 4bì
Family Characters (5)
Root: 畀畀
bì
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to confer on; to give to