logographic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or using logograms.
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of or relating to logography.
Other Word Forms
- logographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of logographic
From the Greek word logographikós, dating back to 1775–85. See logo-, -graphic
Example Sentences
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Chinese ideas, values, and spiritual beliefs stored in this logographic script long outlived the Shang, becoming a key element of continuity from one dynasty to the next.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
But the Shang’s passing on to future dynasties a logographic script, rather than a phonographic alphabet, meant that for centuries literacy was the preserve of elites.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The three teens also correctly identified the meanings of the words prodigious, affront and logographic.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022
Traditional Chinese writing, conceived more than two thousand years ago, is a logographic system, in which each word of the language is represented by a separate character.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2017
Chinese writing is not purely logographic, nor is English writing purely alphabetic.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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