形声

Traditional form:

形聲

Pinyin (reading):

xíngshēng

Definitions:

• ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書／六书 of forming Chinese characters)
• also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

Characters:

• 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 声 - sound, noise; voice, tone, music

Traditional characters:

• 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 聲 - sound, noise; voice, tone, music