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:
羲
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
羲 (xī)
same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi
3
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (羲)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1xī
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 羲羲
xī
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi