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:
薛
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
薛 (xuē)
surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)
3
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (薛)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1xuē
Tone 4niè
Family Characters (3)
Root: 薛薛
xuē
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)