symbol that stands for an entire word (such as "&" in place of "and")
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Logograph Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
logograph
n : a single symbol that represents an entire word or phrase [syn: logogram]
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) logogram
(hypernym) ideogram, ideograph
Logograph Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A logogram, or logograph, is a grapheme which represents a word or a morpheme (the smallest meaningful unit of language). This stands in contrast to phonograms, which represent phonemes (speech sounds) or combinations of phonemes, and determinatives, which mark semantic categories.
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