What does "phonosemantic" mean?

Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)

Phonosemantic

Q: What is a synonym for "phonosemantic"?

Common synonyms include: determinative-phonetic, pictophonetic, pictophonetic, semasio-phonetic, sound-symbolic.

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation) not-comparable
2
Of or pertaining to phonosemantics not-comparable