phonetic
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).Examples: "I suspect that 田 dien is the original character and true phonetic of the whole group."; "In the first case the character is pronounced identically, even as to tone, as the phonetic."; "Or, the semantic may wrap around the phonetic, or position within the phonetic."
Definition source: Wiktionary