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).
Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.
Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).
Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and y.
A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).