vocal harmony; harmonious voices
Refers to voices blending beautifully, often in a musical or poetic context. Less common in everyday speech.
The harmonious voices of the choir echoed through the hall.
phono-semantic character; semasio-phonetic character
Technical term in Chinese character classification (六書). Refers to characters combining a semantic radical and a phonetic component. Synonymous with 形声 (けいせい).
See also: 形声
「河」 is a phono-semantic character: the water radical gives the meaning, and 可 gives the sound.