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:
臼
7
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (臼)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 2póu
Tone 4jiù
Tone 5
Family Characters (7)
Root: 臼臼
jiù
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
mortar