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:
面
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 1
面 (miàn)
face, surface, noodles
4
Family Characters
2
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (面)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
3 Active Tones
Tone 3miǎn
Tone 4miàn
Tone 5
Family Characters (4)
Root: 面面
miàn
HSK 1Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
face, surface, noodles