pò​zì

polyphone

  • created sense approved 破字 · pò​zì · polyphone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破字

    pò​zì

    polyphone

    A character with different pronunciations corresponding to different meanings

    破 (literal) → 破 · pò · through 字 (literal) → 字 · zì · pronunciation

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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  • created sense approved 破字 · pò​zì · glyphomancy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破字

    pò​zì

    glyphomancy

    A method of fortune-telling based on splitting the components of Chinese characters.

    破 (literal) → 破 · pò · to break 字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 破字 · pò​zì · phonetic substitution — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破字

    pò​zì

    phonetic substitution

    Reading a character with the pronunciation and meaning of a different homophonous character

    破 (literal) → 破 · pò · through 字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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