形聲字 (jing4 seng1 zi6) — radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character in Cantonese
jingˎ₄形sengˉ¹聲ziˍ₆字简 形声字
Mandarin Pinyin: xing2 sheng1 zi4
Meaning of 形聲字
nounradical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character