phonetic component; sound indicator
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1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
the phonetic component of a phono-semantic Chinese character; the part indicating pronunciation
technicalIn phono-semantic characters (形声字), the 声旁 indicates the sound while the 形旁 indicates the meaning. For example, in 妈 (mā), 马 (mǎ) is the phonetic component.
Xíng形
shēng声
zì字
tōng通
cháng常
yóu由
xíng形
páng旁
hé和
shēng声
páng旁
liǎng两
bù部
fèn分
zǔ组
chéng成
。
Phono-semantic characters are usually composed of a semantic component and a phonetic component.
Zài在
"
hé河
"
zhè这
gè个
zì字
zhōng中
，
"
kě可
"
shì是
shēng声
páng旁
。
In the character 河, 可 is the phonetic component.
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Yǒu有
xiē些
Hàn汉
zì字
de的
shēng声
páng旁
yǐ已
jīng经
bù不
néng能
zhǔn准
què确
biǎo表
yīn音
le了
。
The phonetic components of some Chinese characters can no longer indicate the pronunciation accurately.
"
Qīng青
"
zuò作
wéi为
shēng声
páng旁
chū出
xiàn现
zài在
hěn很
duō多
zì字
lǐ里
，
bǐ比
rú如
"
qīng清
"
、
"
qíng晴
"
、
"
qǐng请
"
。
青 appears as a phonetic component in many characters, such as 清, 晴, and 请.