logograph

Noun

Meaning

a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

logogram cypher game character art letter alphabet cuneiform chart demonstration depiction cipher puzzle characterization glyph
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Antonyms

problem solution failure resolution interpretation answer
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Hypernyms

ideograph ideogram

Examples

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

Pronunciations and etymologies The logograph 氣 is read with two Chinese pronunciations, the usual qì 氣 "air; vital energy" and the rare archaic xì 氣 "to present food" (later disambiguated with 餼). Source: Internet

The radical-and-stroke system, or some similar pattern-matching and stroke-counting method, was traditionally the only practical method for constructing dictionaries that someone could use to look up a logograph whose pronunciation was unknown. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

logogrammatical logogrammatically logogrammic logographeme logographer logographic