Phonetic

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
 * 2)  Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

Related terms

 * phone
 * phoneme
 * phonemic
 * phonetics
 * semiphonetic
 * fauxnetic

Noun

 * 1)  In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.

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