semantogram

English

Etymology

From semanto- +‎ -gram, thus literally "meaning-drawing."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪˈmæntəɡɹæm/

Noun

semantogram (plural semantograms)

  1. A symbol used solely for meaning, as when logographic Chinese symbols are used to represent the meaning of native Japanese words.
    • 1978, Herbert Franke and Dennis Twitchett, "Introduction", in The Cambridge History of China , →ISBN, page 32:
      "the majority of Jurchen signs, which included both semantograms and phonograms, were inventions."

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