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logogram

/ˈlɒɡəɡram/

noun
- 1. a sign or character representing a word or phrase, such as those used in shorthand and some ancient writing systems.
Word Origin mid 19th century: from Greek logos ‘word’ + -gram1.
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Logogram
In a written language, a logogram, also logograph or lexigraph, is a written character that represents a semantic component of a language, such as a word or morpheme. Chinese characters as used in Chinese as well as other languages are logograms, as are Egyptian hieroglyphs and characters in cuneiform script. A writing system that primarily uses logograms is called a logography. Non-logographic wr... Wikipedia
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