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:
秀
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4
秀 (xiù)
refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; show
6
Family Characters
4
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (秀)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 3yǒu
Tone 4xiù
Tone 5
Family Characters (6)
Root: 秀秀
xiù
HSK 4Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; show