logogram Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation
    logograph.
    • 7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese

WordNet


Log"o*gram noun
Etymology
Gr. word + -gram.
Definitions
  1. A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Webster 1913