形声

xíng shēng

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Definitions

1. ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
2. also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

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Words Containing 形声

• 形声字 形声字 xíng shēng zì: phono-semantic compound character

Child Words of 形声

• 形 形 xíng: to appear
• 声 声 shēng: sound