1.
[syn: logogram, logograph]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Logogram \Log"o*gram\, n. [Gr. lo`gos word + -gram.]
A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity,
represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf.
Grammalogue.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
logogram
n 1: a single written symbol that represents an entire word or
phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a
logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and
`nanatsu' in Japanese" [syn: logogram, logograph]