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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

  1. (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)
  2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
phono-semantic alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

phono-semantic compound · phono-semantic matching · phonosemantically · phonosemantic matching

Relateds

ideogrammic

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)