形聲字

Chinese[edit]

		phonosemantic compounding	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (形聲字)		形聲	字
simp. (形声字)		形声	字

Examples

張／张 (zhāng) (弓長, "to stretch")
弓 (“bow”): semantic component (形旁 (xíngpáng))

長／长 (cháng): phonetic component (聲旁／声旁 (shēngpáng))
江 (OC *kroːŋ) (氵工, "river")
氵 (水, “water”): semantic component (形旁 (xíngpáng))

工 (OC *koːŋ): phonetic component (聲旁／声旁 (shēngpáng))
媽／妈 (mā) (女馬, "mother")
女 (“woman”): semantic component (形旁 (xíngpáng))

馬／马 (mǎ): phonetic component (聲旁／声旁 (shēngpáng))
脷 (lei6) (⺼利, "tongue")
⺼ (肉, “meat; flesh”): semantic component (形旁 (xíngpáng))

利 (lei6): phonetic component (聲旁／声旁 (shēngpáng))

形聲字