logograph

[ law-guh-graf, log-uh- ]

noun

1. a variant of logogram.

Other Words From

• log·o·graph·ic [law-g, uh, -, graf, -ik, log-, uh, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of logograph¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; logo- ( def ) + -graph ( def )

Example Sentences

With a collaborator, Rozin devised an experimental curriculum that moved children through degrees of linguistic abstraction by teaching them Chinese logographs followed by a Japanese syllabary, and only then applying the same logic to English.

From New York Times

They used a form of writing that was phonetic, based on sounds rather than logographs like Egyptian hieroglyphs.

From New York Times

Then from poetry he would turn to romances, fables, stories, epigrams, madrigals, logographs, acrostics, charades, enigmas, and impromptus; and he even wrote a comic opera.

From Project Gutenberg