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:
荷
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
荷 (hé)
Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2]); lotus
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (荷)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1hē
Tone 2hé
Family Characters (2)
Root: 荷荷
hé
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2]); lotus