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:
粲
2
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (粲)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4càn
Tone 5
Family Characters (2)
Root: 粲粲
càn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
beautiful; bright