phonosemantic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English phono- English semantic English phonosemantic From phono- + semantic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phono-semantic | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
phono-semantic compound · phono-semantic matching · phonosemantically · phonosemantic matching
Relateds
Synonyms
semasio-phonetic · pictophonetic · determinative-phonetic
Translations (7)
fi fonosemanttinen (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic) · vi hình thanh (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic) · fr phono-sémantique (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic) · ko 형성 (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic) · ja 形声 (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic) · cmn 形聲 /形声 (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic) · pl fonosemantyczny (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic)