xíng​shēng

phono-semantic compound

Senses

形声/ 形聲 xíng​shēng phono-semantic compound

One of the six methods of forming Chinese characters, consisting of a semantic component indicating the general meaning and a phonetic component suggesting the pronunciation

形声/ 形聲 xíng​shēng onomatopoeia

Echoism or the imitation of natural sounds; onomatopoeic

References

see 形声/形聲 → 六书/六書
same_as 形声/形聲 → 谐声/諧聲
same_as 形声/形聲 → 象声/象聲
see 形旁/形旁 → 形声/形聲
same_as 谐声/諧聲 → 形声/形聲
same_as 象声/象聲 → 形声/形聲