logogram

Noun

Meaning

A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese Source: Internet

For example, in Mayan, the glyph for "fin", pronounced "ka'", was also used to represent the syllable "ka" whenever the pronunciation of a logogram needed to be indicated, or when there was no logogram. Source: Internet

One word is 'house', and its hieroglyphic representation is straightforward: pr:Z1 Here the 'house' hieroglyph works as a logogram: it represents the word with a single sign. Source: Internet

For this reason, the sign AN can on the one hand be a logogram for the word ilum ('god') and on the other signify the god Anu or even the syllable -an-. Source: Internet

History The Semitic letter Dāleth may have developed from the logogram for a fish or a door. Source: Internet

The vertical stroke below the hieroglyph is a common way of indicating that a glyph is working as a logogram. Source: Internet

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