Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

Calque from Chinese 形聲字/形声字 (xíngshēngzì).

Calque from Chinese 形聲字/形声字 (xíngshēngzì).

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Forms

plural: phono-semantic compounds

Synonyms

2 synonyms
determination-phonetic charactersemaphore-phonetic character

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
phono-semantic compound — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto