logogram

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UK/ˈlɒɡ.əˌɡɹæm/US/ˈlɔː.ɡəˌɡɹæm/cot caught merger/ˈlɑɡ.əˌɡɹæm/

noun

A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.

“Near-synonyms: (polysemic, sometimes synonymous) lexigram; lexigraph”

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounlogogram (plural logograms)

plural logograms

  1. A character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.

    Near-synonyms: (polysemic, sometimes synonymous) lexigram; lexigraph

    Synonyms: logograph, lexigram, lexigraph

  2. A kind of word puzzle: a logogriph.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA character or symbol (usually nonalphanumeric) that represents a word or phrase.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 語標 /语标
  • 語標 /语标 (yǔbiāo)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Finnish logogrammi
  • logogrammicharacter or symbol that represents a word or phrase
French logogramme
  • logogrammecharacter or symbol that represents a word or phrase
German Logogramm
  • Logogrammcharacter or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Greek λογόγραμμα
  • λογόγραμμα (logógramma)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Hindi शब्दचिह्न
  • शब्दचिह्न (śabdchihn)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Italian logogramma
  • logogrammacharacter or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Japanese 表語文字
  • 表語文字 (hyōgo moji)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Korean 표어문자
  • 표어문자 (pyoeomunja)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Persian واژهنگاشت
  • واژهنگاشت (vâže-negâšt)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Romanian logogramă
  • logogramăcharacter or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Russian логогра́мма
  • логогра́мма (logográmma)character or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Spanish logograma
  • logogramacharacter or symbol that represents a word or phrase
Cite this entry
APA

logogram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logogram

MLA

“logogram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logogram. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “logogram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logogram.

Source: logogram on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.