谐声

Traditional: 諧聲
xié shēng
Dictionary entry
combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功[gong1], which has signific 力[li4] and phonetic 工[gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声[xing2 sheng1])

What does 谐声 mean?

谐声 (xié shēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功[gong1], which has signific 力[li4] and phonetic 工[gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声[xing2 sheng1])
2(of words or characters) homophonous

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How to pronounce 谐声

谐声
xié shēng
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