形声

See also: 形聲

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 形声 – see 形聲 (“phonosemantic compounding”).
(This term is the simplified form of 形聲).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
形 声
けい
Grade: 2		 せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
形聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 形聲 (MC heng syeng, literally “form, shape + sound”).

The kan'on, so likely a borrowing from later in the history of Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けーせー [kèéséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

形(けい)声(せい) • (keisei) 

  1. One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters comprising a part that indicates the meaning, and a part that indicates the pronunciation.

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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