phono-semantic

Adjective

Meaning

phono-semantic (not comparable)

Alternative form of phonosemantic

Examples

Occasionally okurigana coincide with the phonetic (rebus) component of phono-semantic Chinese characters, which reflects that they fill the same role of phonetic complement. Source: Internet

Occasionally half-transliteration, half-translation compromises ( phono-semantic matching ) are accepted, such as 汉堡包／漢堡包 hànbǎobāo (漢堡 hànbǎo "Hamburg" + 包 bāo "bun") for "hamburger". Source: Internet

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