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:
闰
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
闰 (rùn)
intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
2
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (闰)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
1 Active Tones
Tone 4rùn
Family Characters (2)
Root: 闰闰
rùn
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)