LOGOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logogram mean? 

• LOGOGRAM (noun)
  The noun LOGOGRAM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LOGOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOGOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

logogram; logograph

Context example:

7 is a logogram that is pronounced 'seven' in English and 'nanatsu' in Japanese

Hypernyms ("logogram" is a kind of...):

ideogram; ideograph (a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it)

Derivation:

logogrammatic (of or relating to logograms or logographs)