形聲

See also: 形声

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (形聲)		形	聲
simp. (形声)		形	声

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ sing¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hin² sang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-siaⁿ / hêng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: síngsheng
  - Wade–Giles: hsing²-shêng¹
  - Yale: syíng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngsheng
  - Palladius: синшэн (sinšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: yìhng sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hin² sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hin¹¹ saŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-siaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-siann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengsviaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siã³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengsefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

形聲

phonosemantic compounding (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)

Hypernyms

六書／六书 (liùshū)

Derived terms

形聲偏旁／形声偏旁 (xíngshēng piānpáng)
形聲字／形声字 (xíngshēngzì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (形聲):

→ Japanese: 形声(けいせい) (keisei)
→ Korean: 형성(形聲) (hyeongseong)
→ Vietnamese: hình thanh (形聲)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
形	聲
けい Grade: 2	せい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 形聲 – see the following entry.

【形声けいせい】

[noun] One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters comprising a part that indicates the meaning, and a part that indicates the pronunciation.

(This term, 形聲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
形	聲

Noun

形聲 • (hyeongseong) (hangeul 형성)

Hanja form^? of 형성 (“phonosemantic compounding (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
形	聲

Noun

形聲

chữ Hán form of hình thanh (“phonosemantic compounding (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)”).