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:
觜
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
觜 (zī)
number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (觜)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1zī
Tone 3zuǐ
Family Characters (2)
Root: 觜觜
zī
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
number 20 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座