Definition of Phonitic
Pho*net"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a
sound, tone; akin to Gr. &?; to speak: cf. F.
phonétique. See Ban a proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its
use.
2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic
characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic
notation.
Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic
characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with
Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman
alphabet.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- relating to the sounds of spoken language
- Language: In Chinese (and other logogram based languages), the phonetic is that portion of a character that provides an indication of the pronunciation of the character. This may be the whole character, or just a small part of it. See also radical.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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