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:
魏
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
魏 (wèi)
surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
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Family Characters
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HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (魏)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 1wēi
Tone 4wèi
Family Characters (2)
Root: 魏魏
wèi
ExpansionPhonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States