phono-semantic compound

English

Etymology

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

Noun

phono-semantic compound (plural phono-semantic compounds)

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

a type of Chinese character

Chinese:
Mandarin: 形聲字 (zh) (xíngshēngzì)

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