phonosemantic
phonosemantic adjective: 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).
Adjective
phonosemantic (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)
- Of or pertaining to phonosemantics
phonosemantic meaning in Vietnamese
phonosemantic in Vietnamese
- CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic
- hình thanh
Synonyms of phonosemantic
- determinative-phonetic
- pictophonetic
- semasio-phonetic
Forms of phonosemantic
| alternative form | phono-semantic |
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Origin of phonosemantic
From phono- + semantic.
Words formed from phonosemantic
- phonosemantically
- phono-semantic compound
- phonosemantic matching
- phono-semantic matching
Questions about phonosemantic
- What does phonosemantic mean?
- Phonosemantic means 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).
- What is phonosemantic in Vietnamese?
- Phonosemantic in Vietnamese is hình thanh. See Phonosemantic meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is phonosemantic?
- Phonosemantic is an adjective.
Words near phonosemantic in the dictionary
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