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:
臽
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
臽 (xiàn)
(archaic) pit; hole in the ground; old variant of 陷[xian4]
8
Family Characters
3
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (臽)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
5 Active Tones
Tone 1qiā
Tone 2yán
Tone 3chǎn
Tone 4xiàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (8)
Root: 臽臽
xiàn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
(archaic) pit; hole in the ground; old variant of 陷[xian4]