combination ofa signific component anda phonetic element toforma phono-semantic character, asin功gong¹, whichhas signific 力li⁴and phonetic 工gong¹ (also referred toas形聲and形声xing²sheng¹)/(of wordsor characters) homophonous
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations
諧
聲
As word
1
xie2
combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功 [gong1], which has signific 力 [li4] and phonetic 工 [gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声 [xing2 sheng1])/(of words or characters) homophonous
2
sheng1
combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功 [gong1], which has signific 力 [li4] and phonetic 工 [gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声 [xing2 sheng1])/(of words or characters) homophonous