Meaning of Semantic | Babel Free
sɪˈmæntɪkDefinitions
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
Қазақша
семантикалық
한국어
시멘틱
Nederlands
semantisch
Polski
semantyczny
Português
semântico
Русский
семантический
Svenska
semantisk
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“The 亻(人) ren2 'person' semantic has been replaced by 氵(水) shui3 'water' semantic in浸, but帚 zhou3 'broom' has phonetically or semantically nothing to do with 浸 and is just a residue of 侵 after亻(人) ren2 'person'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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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