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:
胡
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 5
胡 (hú)
surname Hu, non-Han people, reckless, outrageous
13
Family Characters
5
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (胡)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2hú
Tone 5
Family Characters (13)
Root: 胡胡
hú
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Hu, non-Han people, reckless, outrageous