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:
隋
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
隋 (suí)
the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui
4
Family Characters
0
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (隋)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 1huī
Tone 2suí
Tone 5
Family Characters (4)
Root: 隋隋
suí
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui