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LOGOGRAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does logogram mean?
• LOGOGRAM (noun)
The noun LOGOGRAM has 1 sense:
1. a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation
Familiarity information: LOGOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
logogram; logograph
Context example:
7 is a logogram that is pronounced 'seven' in English and 'nanatsu' in Japanese
Hypernyms ("logogram" is a kind of...):
ideogram; ideograph (a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it)
Derivation:
logogrammatic (of or relating to logograms or logographs)
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