yīnsùwénzì

音素文字

Word · Noun

phonemic writing; phonographic system

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

phonemic writing; phonographic writing system in which letters or symbols represent individual phonemes (distinctive sound units)

technical

In 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.