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:
辶
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
辶 (chuò)
to walk (side part of split character)
2
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (辶)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 4chuò
Tone 5
Family Characters (2)
Root: 辶辶
chuò
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
to walk (side part of split character)