形声字 xíng shēng zì

radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六书liù shū of forming Chinese characters)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六书liù shū of forming Chinese characters)
  2. 2. also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

Characters

Character Meaning
形 xíng HSK 5
shape; form; to appear
声 shēng HSK 3
sound; voice; noise
字 zì HSK 1
character; symbol; word