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logogram
writing
- Key People:
- Paul Rand
- Related Topics:
- ideogram
- character writing
- logography
logogram, written or pictorial symbol intended to represent a whole word. Writing systems that make use of logograms include Chinese, Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, and early cuneiform writing systems. No known writing system is totally logographic; all such systems have both logograms and symbols representing particular sounds or syllables.