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合體字 合体字 [he2 ti3 zi4] /a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声/ 6955 1
六書 六书 [liu4 shu1] /Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)/ 5807 1
諧聲 谐声 [xie2 sheng1] /combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功[gong1], which has signific 力[li4] and phonetic 工[gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声[xing2 sheng1])/(of words or characters) homophonous/ 1619 1
形聲 形声 [xing2 sheng1] /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/ 5807 1

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