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谐音字
xié​yīn​zì

homophonic character

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
谐音字 諧音字 xié​yīn​zì
homophonic character
Character that has the same or similar pronunciation as another character, often used for wordplay, puns, or substitution; in linguistics, sometimes used to refer to a phonogram (a character that represents a sound regardless of its original meaning)
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