logographic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lô′gə graf′ik, log′ə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
log•o•graph•ic  (lô′gə graf′ik, log′ə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Printingof, pertaining to, or using logograms.
  2. Printingof or pertaining to logography.
  • Greek logographikós. See logo-, -graphic
  • 1775–85
log′o•graph′i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
log•o•gram  (lô′gə gram′, log′ə-),USA pronunciation n. 
    a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & forthewordand. Alsocalled log•o•graph; (lô′gə graf′, -gräf′, log′ə-).USA pronunciation 
    • logo- + -gram1 1810–20
    log•o•gram•mat•ic  (lô′gə grə mat′ik, log′ə-),USA pronunciation adj.  log′o•gram•mat′i•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
logogram / ˈlɒɡəˌɡræm/, logograph / ˈlɒɡəˌɡrɑːf -ˌɡræf/
  1. a single symbol representing an entire morpheme, word, or phrase, as for example the symbol (%) meaning per cent
logogrammatic / ˌlɒɡəɡrəˈmætɪk/, logographic / ˌlɒɡəˈɡræfɪk/, ˌlogoˈgraphicalˌlogogramˈmatically, ˌlogoˈgraphically
'logographic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese - hsing shêng - logogram

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