Logogram

[lɒgәgræm]

Definition

(noun.) a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; '7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese'.

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Definition

(n.) A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Edited by Georgina

Definition

n. a sign which represents a word: a puzzle in which from an original word by combinations of all or some of its letters other words are formed which again are concealed under synonymous expressions in a series of verses.

Edited by Barbie