形声 in English xing2 sheng1 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

形 声

Traditional Characters

形 聲

Pinyin

xing2 sheng1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

形xing2to appear 声sheng1sound