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Phonosemantic

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Phonosemantic is an adjective meaning (linguistics) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics.

Meaning

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics.

More Meanings

  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)

Word Forms

Synonyms for phonosemantic

Depending on context, synonyms include pictophonetic.

pictophonetic

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include semantosyllabic, ideophonographical, iconomatic, homographic, sinophone, heterographic.

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