Logogram - Dictionary Definition and Overview

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" [syn: logograph]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Logogram : \Log"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ? word _ -gram.] A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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