音符 (yīn fú) — musical note; phonetic component (of a phono-semantic character)
Definition
A homograph with two unrelated senses: in music, a "musical note"; in Chinese linguistics, the "phonetic component" of a phono-semantic character (形声字) that hints at pronunciation (e.g., 包 in 饱).
noun
musical notephonetic component (of a phono-semantic character)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 音符。Tā zài yuè pǔ shàng xiě le yí gè yīn fú.She wrote a musical note on the sheet music.
- “”音符“”。Hàn zì "bǎo" de yīn fú shì "bāo".The phonetic component of the character 饱 is 包.
- 音符。Xué xí yīn fú yǒu zhù yú jì yì xíng shēng zì de dú yīn.Learning about phonetic components helps remember the pronunciation of phono-semantic characters.
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