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:
貌
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (貌)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3miǎo
Tone 4mào
Family Characters (2)
Root: 貌貌
mào
HSK 5Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
appearance; looks; outward form