形聲 [ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ; xing2 sheng1]
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters)
also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
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形声
けいせい
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
kanji in which one element suggests the meaning, the other the pronunciation
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