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:
齿
Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7
齿 (chǐ)
tooth
3
Family Characters
1
HSK Words
Tone Fan-out (齿)
How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:
2 Active Tones
Tone 3chǐ
Tone 4niè
Family Characters (3)
Root: 齿齿
chǐ
HSK 7Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)
tooth