logogram
noun/ˈlɔɡəˌɡræm/
Frequency rank: #19,993 most common English word
Meaning
a written symbol that represents a word or morpheme as a whole, not individual sounds.
Example sentence
The character for 'tree' in Chinese writing is considered logogram because it represents an entire word rather than a sound.
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