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:
苋
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
苋 (xiàn)
amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (苋)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1kuān
Tone 4xiàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 苋苋
xiàn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)