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:
瞿
5
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (瞿)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2qú
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 瞿瞿
qú
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Qu; startled