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:
边
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (边)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 1biān
Family Characters (2)
Root: 边边
biān
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
side, edge, margin, border
笾
biān
Expansionbamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets