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:
褱
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
褱 (huái)
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (褱)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2huái
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 褱褱
huái
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal