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:
皮
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3
皮 (pí)
skin, leather, fur
15
Family Characters
10
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (皮)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1bō
Tone 2pí
Tone 3bǐ
Tone 4pò
Tone 5
Family Characters (15)
Root: 皮皮
pí
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
skin, leather, fur