Pictophonetic
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Pictophonetic refers to a class of Chinese characters containing two parts: one indicating a general category of meaning and the other the sound. The sound is often only approximate to the modern pronunciation because of changes over time and differences between source languages. The element indicating the general category of meaning is commonly the radical (Chinese character) by which one would look up the character in a Chinese dictionary.
