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:
盾
2
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (盾)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2xún
Tone 4dùn
Family Characters (2)
Root: 盾盾
dùn
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
shield