Meaning of 谐声
谐声 means phono-semantic compound character; character composed of a semantic component and a phonetic component. Pronounced xié shēng.
- phono-semantic compound character; character composed of a semantic component and a phonetic component
Definitions & Examples
“
Hé河
”
shì是
yī一
gè个
xié谐
shēng声
zì字
，
zuǒ左
biān边
de的
“
shuǐ氵
”
shì是
xíng形
páng旁
，
yòu右
biān边
de的
“
kě可
”
shì是
shēng声
páng旁
。
“He” (river) is a phono-semantic compound character: the “water” radical on the left is the semantic component, and “ke” on the right is the phonetic component.
Xié谐
shēng声
shì是
Hàn汉
zì字
zuì最
zhǔ主
yào要
de的
zào造
zì字
fāng方
shì式
zhī之
yī一
。
Phono-semantic compounding is one of the most important methods of creating Chinese characters.
“
Qíng晴
”
zì字
yóu由
“
rì日
”
hé和
“
qīng青
”
zǔ组
chéng成
，
shì是
yī一
gè个
diǎn典
xíng型
de的
xié谐
shēng声
zì字
。
The character “qing” (clear/sunny) is composed of “sun” and “qing,” making it a typical phono-semantic compound.