歌咏
gē yǒng · HSK 7
singing
🎵 歌 (song) + 咏 (chant/recite) = singing
歌 means song; 咏 means to chant or recite aloud (mouth radical 口 + 永 yǒng 'eternal' for sound). Together: vocal performance, singing.
歌 — 哥 (phonetic 'gē') + 欠 (open mouth)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The right side 欠 depicts a person with an open mouth, supplying the meaning of singing or vocalizing. The left side 哥 gives the sound 'gē'. Together they form the verb and noun for 'song' or 'to sing'.