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:
苗
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
苗 (miáo)
sprout, seedling, or Miao ethnic group
10
Family Characters
4
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (苗)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1māo
Tone 2miáo
Tone 5
Family Characters (10)
Root: 苗苗
miáo
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
sprout, seedling, or Miao ethnic group