形旁

Traditional form:

形旁

Pinyin (reading):

xíngpáng

Definitions:

• semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂 (dāo) in 刻 (kè))

Characters:

• 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 旁 - side; beside, close, nearby

Traditional characters:

• 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 旁 - side; beside, close, nearby