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:
皋
4
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (皋)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1gāo
Tone 2háo
Family Characters (4)
Root: 皋皋
gāo
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
bank; marsh