phono-semantic compounds
phono-semantic compounds is the plural of phono-semantic compound.
Meaning of phono-semantic compound
Noun
phono-semantic compound (plural phono-semantic compounds)
- A Chinese character (CJKV character) composed of a component which is related to the meaning the character and another component which is related to the sound of the character.
- Only an opaque and weak orthography-to-phonology analogy rule can be found with the phono-semantic compound type of characters (i.e., the xingshēng zi), which covers 80% of modern daily-use characters.2006, Language and linguistics - Volume 7, Issue 3, page 579
- Synonyms:
- determination-phonetic character, semaphore-phonetic character
Questions about phono-semantic compounds
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- Phono-semantic compounds is the plural of phono-semantic compound.
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