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:
臬
4
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (臬)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4niè
Tone 5
Family Characters (4)
Root: 臬臬
niè
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
guidepost; rule