形声
See also: 形聲
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 形声 – see 形聲 (“phonosemantic compounding”). (This term, 形声, is the simplified form of 形聲.) |
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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形 | 声 |
けい Grade: 2 |
せい Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 形聲 (heng syeng, literally “form, shape + sound”).
The kan'on, so likely a borrowing from later in the history of Middle Chinese.
Noun
形声 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 形聲, hiragana けいせい, rōmaji keisei)
- One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters comprising a part that indicates the meaning, and a part that indicates the pronunciation.
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