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:

虫

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 4

虫 (chóng)

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

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Family Characters

HSK Words

Tone Fan-out (虫)

How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:

3 Active Tones

Tone 2chóng

Tone 4jiàng

Tone 5

Family Characters (7)

Root: 虫

虫

chóng

HSK 4

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

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强

jiàng

HSK 3

弓(bow)

variant of 強|强[jiang4]

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独

dú

HSK 4

犭(dog)

alone

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触

chù

HSK 5

角(horn)

to touch, to make contact with, to stir up emotions

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融

róng

HSK 6

鬲(earthen cauldron)

to melt, to blend, to merge

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烛

zhú

HSK 7

火(fire)

candle

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強

Expansion

弓(bow)

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