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:
禀
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
禀 (bǐng)
to make a report (to a superior); to give
5
Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (禀)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 3bǐng
Family Characters (5)
Root: 禀禀
bǐng
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to make a report (to a superior); to give