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Chinese
Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 形聲 (kyūjitai)
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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
Noun
形声 • (keisei)
- 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
- 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN