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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2020-07-23 08:28:30 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 66510 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1. phonogram? "A phonogram is a grapheme (written character) which represents a phoneme (speech sound) or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonogram_(linguistics) Or see https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phonogram 2. "phonetic compound" seems unlikely. 3. 形声字 is not a method ("one of the Six Methods") -- it's a *character* formed by one of the 6 methods. 4. Wp ~ Phono-semantic compound characters 形聲; xíng shēng; 'form and sound' or 諧聲; xié shēng; 'sound agreement' These form over 90% of Chinese characters. They were created by combining two components: - a phonetic component on the rebus principle, that is, a character with approximately the correct pronunciation. - a semantic component, also called a determinative, one of a limited number of characters which supplied an element of meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character_classification#Phono-semantic_compound_characters |
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- 形聲字 形声字 [xing2 sheng1 zi4] /radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character/ + 形聲字 形声字 [xing2 sheng1 zi4] /phono-semantic compound character/ |