logograph

['lɑgə,græf]
  • n. 语标(等于logotype,logogram)

英英释义


1. a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation;
"7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"

英文词源


logograph (n.)
"instrument for giving a graphic representation of speech," 1879, from Greek logos (see logos) + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Earliest use (1797) is in the sense "logogriph," and it frequently was used in this sense.