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:
豸
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
豸 (zhì)
worm-like invertebrate; mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4])
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (豸)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4zhì
Family Characters (2)
Root: 豸豸
zhì
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
worm-like invertebrate; mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4])