noun
- a written character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- Chinese characters are examples of logograms that represent entire words.
- The symbol & is a logogram representing the word ‘and’.
- Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs included many logograms alongside phonetic symbols.
- Mathematical symbols like + and = function as logograms in equations.
- The dollar sign $ is a logogram used in many writing systems.
- Logograms differ from alphabetic letters, which represent individual sounds.