Dictionary Entry: 谐声
Word
Pinyin
谐声
xié shēng
combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功[gōng], which has signific 力[lì] and phonetic 工[gōng] (also referred to as 形聲|形声[xíng shēng]) ꞏ (of words or characters) homophonous
