同形 (tóng) — (linguistics) homograph, homoform, homomorph (same written form with different meanings)
Definition
A linguistics term for characters or words that share the same written form but have different meanings. Often contrasted with 同音词 (same pronunciation, different form).
noun
(linguistics) homographhomoformhomomorph (same written form with different meanings)
Examples
- ，同形。Xué xí yǔ yán xué shí, nǐ xū yào qū fēn tóng hé tóng yīn cí.When studying linguistics, you need to distinguish homographs from homophones.
- 同形，。Zhè liǎng gè zì shì tóng, dàn dú yīn wán quán bù tóng.These two characters are homographs, but their pronunciations are completely different.
- 同形。Zì diǎn lǐ liè chū le suǒ yǒu cháng jiàn de tóng cí.The dictionary lists all common homograph words.
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