一致字
Traditional form:
一致字
Pinyin (reading):
yīzhìzì
Definitions:
- (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)
- consistent characters (e.g. 搖／摇 (yáo), 遙／遥 (yáo) and 謠／谣 (yáo), which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 致 - to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence
- 字 - character, letter, symbol, word
Traditional characters: