phonosemantic

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phonosemantic

adjective phono-semantic

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

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adj CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic

한국어	형성 hyeongseong
日本語	形声 keisei
中文	形聲 /形声 xíngshēng
Français	phono-sémantique
Tiếng Việt	hình thanh

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@misc{phonosemantic_2026,
  title = {phonosemantic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phonosemantic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}