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:
鸟
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 2
鸟 (diǎo)
variant of 屌[diao3]; penis
4
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (鸟)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 2luán
Tone 3diǎo
Family Characters (4)
Root: 鸟鸟
diǎo
HSK 2Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
variant of 屌[diao3]; penis