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:
立
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 3
立 (lì)
to stand, to establish
10
Family Characters
5
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (立)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1lā
Tone 4lì
Tone 5
Family Characters (10)
Root: 立立
lì
HSK 3Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to stand, to establish