hsing shêng

[ shing shuhng ]

/ ˈʃɪŋ ˈʃʌŋ /

noun

the process by which many Chinese characters were formed through the combination of two symbols, one phonographic and one logographic, into a single character.

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Origin of hsing shêng

< Chinese (Wade-Giles) hsing2 shêng1, (pinyin) xíngshēng shape and sound (of voice)

Words nearby hsing shêng

hsiang, hsiangt'an, hsien, hsin hsüeh, hsin-hai-lien, hsing shêng, hsinhailien, hsinhsiang, hsining, hsinking, hsm