signific

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

Adjective

signific (not comparable)

  1. Representing meaning.
    Synonym: semantic
  2. Relating to significs.
    • 2016, Haeree Park, The Writing System of Scribe Zhou: Evidence from Late Pre-imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscriptions (5th-3rd Centuries BCE):
      The graphic component in a character that plays a phonetic role is called phonophoric, and the one that plays a semantic role is called signific.

Noun

signific (plural significs)

  1. A signific element in a Chinese character.
    Synonyms: radical, semantic, semantophore
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