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:
酉
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
酉 (yǒu)
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (酉)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1sū
Tone 3yǒu
Tone 5
Family Characters (3)
Root: 酉酉
yǒu
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)