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【xíngshēng】)
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【xíngshēng】)