phonosemantic

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Adjective

1. Combining [[phonetic]] and [[semantic]] components, as with more than eighty percent of [[Chinese]] [[character]]s. {{gloss|a way of creating Han [[character]]s by combining a component that indicates the [[meaning]] with a component that indicates the [[pronunciation]]}}
2. {{lb|en|linguistics}} Of or pertaining to [[phonosemantics]]

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