phonemic writing; phonographic system
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phonemic writing; phonographic writing system in which letters or symbols represent individual phonemes (distinctive sound units)
technicalIn phonemic writing systems such as English, Russian, or Korean (Hangul), each basic symbol corresponds to a phoneme, distinguishing them from syllabic systems (like Japanese kana) where symbols represent whole syllables, and from morphographic systems (like Chinese characters) where symbols represent morphemes.
Yīng英
wén文
、
É俄
wén文
dōu都
shǔ属
yú于
yīn音
sù素
wén文
zì字
。
English and Russian both belong to phonemic writing systems.
Yīn音
sù素
wén文
zì字
yǔ与
yīn音
jié节
wén文
zì字
bù不
tóng同
,
qián前
zhě者
yǐ以
yīn音
sù素
wéi为
dān单
wèi位
,
hòu后
zhě者
yǐ以
yīn音
jié节
wéi为
dān单
wèi位
。
Phonemic writing differs from syllabic writing: the former uses phonemes as units while the latter uses syllables.
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Yǔ与
yīn音
jié节
wén文
zì字
xiāng相
bǐ比
,
yīn音
sù素
wén文
zì字
de的
zì字
mǔ母
shù数
liàng量
tōng通
cháng常
jiào较
shǎo少
。
Compared with syllabic writing, phonemic writing systems usually have fewer letters.