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 形声 (xíng shēng)); (of words or characters) homophonous
Traditional 諧聲
Meaning
xiéshēngxie2 sheng1
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 形声xíng shēng)
