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logogram (LOH-guh-gram, LOG-uh-gram) - n., a letter or symbol used to represent an entire word.
Such as & for "and" and 5 for "five". Contrast with ideogram, a letter/symbol used to represent an idea, and phonogram, a letter/symbol used to represent a sound or sound cluster. Chinese writing (hanzi), for example, is logographic, as are many hieroglyphic scripts. Coined in the 1820s from Ancient Greek roots logo-, word + grámma, written character/letter.
---L.
Such as & for "and" and 5 for "five". Contrast with ideogram, a letter/symbol used to represent an idea, and phonogram, a letter/symbol used to represent a sound or sound cluster. Chinese writing (hanzi), for example, is logographic, as are many hieroglyphic scripts. Coined in the 1820s from Ancient Greek roots logo-, word + grámma, written character/letter.
---L.
