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:
谒
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (谒)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3ǎi
Tone 4yè
Family Characters (3)
Root: 谒谒
yè
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to visit (a superior)