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Meaning of Semantic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
sɪˈmæntɪk

Definitions

In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.

Equivalents

Català semàntic
Deutsch semantisch
Ελληνικά σημασιολογικός
Español semántico
Français Sémantique
हिन्दी अर्थसंबंधी
Magyar szemantikai
Bahasa Indonesia semantis
Italiano semantico
日本語 意味的な 意符
Қазақша семантикалық
한국어 시멘틱
Nederlands semantisch
Polski semantyczny
Português semântico
Svenska semantisk
Türkçe anlamsal semantik
Українська семантичний

Examples

“Its semantic is polysyllabic, viz. it uses the word formations of spoken Chinese.”
“In this particular case, the semantic is on the left of its host sinogram.”
“The 亻(人) ren2 'person' semantic has been replaced by 氵(水) shui3 'water' semantic in浸, but帚 zhou3 'broom' has phonetically or semantically nothing to do with 浸 and is just a residue of 侵 after亻(人) ren2 'person' has been removed.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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