phono-semantic

A form of phonosemantic — 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)

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Meanings

adjectivephono-semantic (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of phonosemantic.
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