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:
自
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2
自 (zì)
self, from, since, naturally
6
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (自)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
4 Active Tones
Tone 2zán
Tone 3biě
Tone 4zì
Tone 5
Family Characters (6)
Root: 自自
zì
HSK 2Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
self, from, since, naturally