different between phonetic vs phonosemantic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ph?n?ticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (ph?n?tikós).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??n?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??n?t?k/, [f??n???k]
• Hyphenation: pho?net?ic

Adjective

phonetic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
2. (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

Derived terms

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Noun

phonetic (plural phonetics)

1. (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• phono-semantic

Etymology

phono- +? semantic

Adjective

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)
2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics

Synonyms

• determinative-phonetic
• pictophonetic
• semasio-phonetic

Derived terms

• phono-semantic compound
• phono-semantic matching (PSM)
• phonosemantic matching

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See also

• ideogrammic