"phonosemantic" meaning in English

See phonosemantic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From phono- + semantic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|phono|semantic}} phono- + semantic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} phonosemantic (not comparable)
  1. 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) Tags: not-comparable Translations (CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic): 形聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 形声 (xíngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), fonosemanttinen (Finnish), phono-sémantique (French), 形声 (keisei) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-phonosemantic-en-adj-JW2PlN9- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with phono-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phono-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic': 78 22
  2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-phonosemantic-en-adj-M1pWdh9W Categories (other): English terms prefixed with phono- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phono-: 47 53 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: determinative-phonetic, pictophonetic, semasio-phonetic, phono-semantic Derived forms: phono-semantic compound, phono-semantic matching (alt: PSM), phonosemantic matching Related terms: ideogrammic

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "形聲"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshēng",
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      "word": "fonosemanttinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "phono-sémantique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keisei",
      "sense": "CJKV characters with a semantic and a phonetic",
      "word": "形声"
    }
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