English Dictionary

phono-semantic compound

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

意味を表す要素と音を表す要素から構成された漢字（CJKV文字）のこと。 / 意味部と音部という2種類の成分を持つ漢字の形態。

Scholars often explain that a phono-semantic compound is a Chinese character that combines a meaning-related component (semantic radical) with a sound-related component (phonetic element).

学者はしばしば、形声文字が意味を表す部首と音を表す音符を組み合わせた漢字であると説明します。

意味（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.

Only an opaque and weak orthography-to-phonology analogy rule can be found with the phono-semantic compound type of characters (i.e., the xingshēng zi), which covers 80% of modern daily-use characters.

phono-semantic compounds （ plural ）