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:
穴
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
穴 (xué)
cave; cavity
2
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (穴)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1chuān
Tone 2xué
Family Characters (2)
Root: 穴穴
xué
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
cave; cavity