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:
禹
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
禹 (yǔ)
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
6
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (禹)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3yǔ
Tone 5
Family Characters (6)
Root: 禹禹
yǔ
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu