adjective
- relating to or consisting of logographs (written characters that represent whole words or concepts rather than individual sounds)
Usage: linguistics; writing systems
Examples
- Chinese characters form a logographic writing system.
- Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs included logographic elements.
- The logographic nature of the script made it difficult for foreigners to learn.
- Japanese uses both logographic kanji and phonetic hiragana characters.
- Logographic systems can convey meaning without indicating pronunciation.
- The transition from logographic to alphabetic writing was gradual.