歌颂
gē sòng · HSK 7
to sing the praises of
🎤 歌 (song) + 颂 (praise/ode) = sing-praise
歌 means song; 颂 means ode or eulogy (the 页 radical hints at formal recitation, head/face forward). Together they mean to praise through song — to extol or eulogize someone in lofty terms.
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'.