单词 | root character |
释义 | > as lemmasroot character root character n. Linguistics †(a) a character in root-final position (obsolete); (b) (in Chinese and certain other languages with non-Roman writing systems) a basic character, which may be modified to create other words or morphemes; cf. radical n. 2c. ΚΠ 1841 M. Stuart Gram. New Test. Dial. (ed. 2) 107 With root-character ϕ. 1865 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1862–4 9 144 At least fifteen [letters of the Hebrew alphabet]..bear meanings identical with meanings attached to similar forms among the Chinese root characters. 1927 J. Daniel Philos. Anc. Brit. viii. 162 Each radical or root character in the Bardic alphabet is the representation of the cutting of some sprig. 2008 J. D. Skouson Becoming Re-successful iv. 39 The Japanese language..consists of thousands of pictographs (many of which are combinations of basic root characters). < as lemmas |
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