Semantic-phonetic compounds or pictophonetic compounds are by far the most numerous characters. These characters are composed of two parts: one of a limited set of characters (the semantic indicator, often graphically simplified) which suggests the general meaning of the compound character, and another character (the phonetic indicator) whose pronunciation suggests the pronunciation of the compound character. In most cases the semantic indicator is also the radical under which the character is listed in dictionaries. COUNT 3
QSN1 What are the most numerous characters? ANS1 Semantic-phonetic compounds QSN2 What is the radical under which the character is listed in dictionaries? ANS2 semantic indicator QSN3 What suggests the general meaning of a compound character?  ANS3 semantic indicator