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:
皿
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
皿 (mǐn)
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108
11
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (皿)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3mǐn
Tone 5
Family Characters (11)
Root: 皿皿
mǐn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108