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:
隶
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
隶 (lì)
servitude, subordinate, clerical script
5
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (隶)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 3dǎi
Tone 4lì
Tone 5
Family Characters (5)
Root: 隶隶
lì
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
servitude, subordinate, clerical script