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Relating to the sounds of spoken language. examples
(linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes). examples
(Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic. examples
plural phonetics
(linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical). quotations examples
I suspect that 田 dien is the original character and true phonetic of the whole group.
1887–88, J. Edkins, “The character 眞 true”, in The China Review, volume 16, page 306
In the first case the character is pronounced identically, even as to tone, as the phonetic.
1984, John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy
Or, the semantic may wrap around the phonetic, or position within the phonetic.
2013, William S-Y. Wang, Love and War in Ancient China: Voices from the Shijing, page 25