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:
纟
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
纟 (sī)
silk radical
2
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (纟)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1sī
Tone 2hé
Family Characters (2)
Root: 纟纟
sī
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
silk radical