Akademik

1. adjective /fəˈnɛtɪk/

a) Relating to the sounds of spoken language.

b) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

See Also: phone, phoneme, phonemic, phonetics, semiphonetic, fauxnetic

2. noun /fəˈnɛtɪk/

In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.