The word 歌唱 is formed by combining two characters, 歌 (gē), meaning "song", and 唱 (chàng), meaning "to sing". This creates a parallel or coordinated compound where both elements contribute a closely related action and concept, visually and conceptually merging the idea of a "song" with the act of "singing" to form a single, unified notion of vocal musical performance. It is an example of how Chinese frequently builds meaning by placing complementary pictographic or ideographic components side-by-side.