semantogram

semantogram
noun sɪˈmæntəɡræm
A symbol used solely for meaning, as when logographic Chinese symbols are used to represent the meaning of native Japanese words.

"the majority of Jurchen signs, which included both semantograms and phonograms, were inventions."

Syn: semantograph, ideograph
See Also: logogram, phonogram

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