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:
贲
5
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (贲)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1bēn
Tone 4fèn
Family Characters (5)
Root: 贲贲
bēn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Ben; energetic