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:
赤
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
赤 (chì)
red; scarlet
4
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (赤)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1chī
Tone 3hǎo
Tone 4chì
Family Characters (4)
Root: 赤赤
chì
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
red; scarlet