See also: 形声

ChineseEdit

 
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)
simp. (形声)

PronunciationEdit


NounEdit

形聲

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

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DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (形聲):

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
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 an alternative spelling of the above term.)

KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term

NounEdit

形聲 (hyeongseong) (hangeul 형성)

  1. 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)).

VietnameseEdit

Hán tự in this term

NounEdit

形聲

  1. 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)).