| 释义 |
pho·no·gram
\ˈfōnəˌgram\ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phon- + -gram
1. : a character or symbol used to represent a word, syllable, or phoneme — compare ideogram
2. : a succession of orthographic letters that occurs with the same phonetic value in several or many words (as the ight of bright, fight, flight, light)
< phonograms are used in teaching phonics >
3. : a compound character in Chinese writing consisting of a radical and a phonetic
• pho·no·gram·mic or pho·no·gram·ic \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|gramik\ adjective
• pho·no·gram·mi·cal·ly or pho·no·gram·i·cal·ly \-mə̇k(ə)lē\ adverb |