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xingsheng
Chinese language characters
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- In Chinese writing: Characteristics
…most common of which is xingsheng, a type of character that combines a semantic element (called a radical) with a phonetic element intended to remind the reader of the word’s pronunciation. The phonetic element is usually a contracted form of another character with the same pronunciation as that of the…
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