Semantic
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
19 more languages
Catalàsemàntic
Ελληνικάσημασιολογικός
हिन्दीअर्थसंबंधी
Magyarszemantikai
Bahasa Indonesiasemantis
Italianosemantico
Қазақ тілісемантикалық
한국어시멘틱
Nederlandssemantisch
Polskisemantyczny
Portuguêssemântico
Русскийсемантический
Svenskasemantisk
Українськасемантичний
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“The 亻(人) ren2 'person' semantic has been replaced by 氵(水) shui3 'water' semantic in浸, but帚 zhou3 'broom' has phonetically or semantically nothing to do with 浸 and is just a residue of 侵 after亻(人) ren2 'person'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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