phono-semantic compound
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phono-semantic compound
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Calque from Chinese 形聲字／形声字 (xíngshēngzì).
noun phono-semantic compounds
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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.
Similar: determination-phonetic character, semaphore-phonetic character
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noun a type of Chinese character
| Español | carácter radical-fonético |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 形声文字 keiseimoji |
| 中文 | 形聲字 /形声字 xíngshēngzì |
| Français | idéo-phonogramme |
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