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谐声

xié shēng

2-character word Traditional 諧聲

What 谐声 means

1. combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in {功|gōng}, which has signific {力|lì} and phonetic {工|gōng} (also referred to as {形声|xíng shēng})
2. (of words or characters) homophonous

The characters in 谐声

• 谐xié(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 声shēngsound; voice; tone

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xié shēng correctly.
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