形声

形聲
xíngshēng
  1. ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  2. also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 形 xíng
  1. to appear
  2. to look
  3. form
  4. shape
2 声 shēng
  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. noise
  5. reputation
  6. classifier for sounds