(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) · consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2]{jiu4}, 遙|遥[yao2]{jiu4} and 謠|谣[yao2]{jiu4}, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
Meanings
1(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case)
2consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2]{jiu4}, 遙|遥[yao2]{jiu4} and 謠|谣[yao2]{jiu4}, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)