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:
郑
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
郑 (zhèng)
Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state, surname Zheng, or abbreviation for Zhengzhou
3
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (郑)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2zhí
Tone 4zhèng
Family Characters (3)
Root: 郑郑
zhèng
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state, surname Zheng, or abbreviation for Zhengzhou