Definition of Logogram. Meaning of Logogram. Synonyms of Logogram

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Definition of Logogram

Logogram
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.

Meaning of Logogram from wikipedia

- In a written language, a logogram (from Ancient Gr**** logos 'word', and gramma 'that which is drawn or written'), also logograph or lexigraph, is a written...
- 'logo' dates back to 1937, and that the term was "probably a shortening of logogram". Numerous inventions and techniques have contributed to the contemporary...
- [clarification needed] A hieroglyph used as a logogram defines the object of which it is an image. Logograms are therefore the most frequently used common...
- sterling', and ⟨©⟩ 'copyright'. Ideograms are not to be equated with logograms, which represent specific morphemes in a language. In a broad sense, ideograms...
- boxes, or other symbols. The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the...
- za. Transliteration of logograms is conventionally the term represented in Latin, in capital letters (e.g. PES for the logogram for "foot"). The syllabograms...
- Examples of Kaidā logograms (from Sasamori, 1893[citation needed])...
- words), or may serve as phonetic complements to a logogram (used to specify the sound of a logogram that might otherwise represent more than one word)...
- of: written Imperial Aramaic, from which Pahlavi derives its script, logograms, and some of its vocabulary. spoken Middle Iranian, from which Pahlavi...
- writing system, the representation of the word ajaw could be as either a logogram, or spelled-out syllabically. In either case, quite a few glyphic variants...