形声

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See also: 形聲

Chinese

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

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
形聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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(けい)(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

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN