形声字 xíng shēng zì

DEFINITIONS

  1. radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  2. also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

CHARACTERS

形 xíng
HSK 5
form, shape, appearance
声 shēng
HSK 3
sound, voice, noise; tone; music
字 zì
HSK 1
letter, character, word