phonosemantic

== English == === Alternative forms === phono-semantic === Etymology === From phono- + semantic. === Adjective === phonosemantic (not comparable) 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) (linguistics) Of or pertaining to phonosemantics ==== Synonyms ==== determinative-phonetic pictophonetic semasio-phonetic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ideogrammic