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:
舜
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
舜 (shùn)
Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (舜)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4shùn
Family Characters (2)
Root: 舜舜
shùn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader