7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The ampersand is an example of a logogram, which is a single character formed from the combination of two or more characters the & is a blending of the letters e and t. madCanada says. From Wordnik.com. [Friday! August 07 – The Bleat.] Reference
Davydov refers to what Pushkin does with P-L-T as a 'logogram', citing F. de Saussure's definition of this as 'a. From Wordnik.com. [openDemocracy] Reference
Aside from the damage to the tablet over time, the difficulty facing Herod in determining the precise meaning of the logogram that he was examining lay in the difference between the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. From Wordnik.com. [The Whisperers] Reference
RA3 is a rare sign in Linear B, and it only occurs as a logogram in Linear A: nevertheless, we can be certain that the two signs are the same, since Lin B also uses the phrase E-RA3-WA for olive-oil Lin A simply uses RA3. From Wordnik.com. [New info on 'lily'] Reference
For example, this ur-lexicographer was driven out of his house when his mother and his wife had a fight, so he decided to create the logogram for "trouble" with two pictograms for "woman" with a pictogram of "roof" over them. From Wordnik.com. [Word meaning as a window into thought] Reference
The best I can do by way of being faithful to Pushkin's P-L-T logogram is to use the word 'turncoat' at two significant moments. From Wordnik.com. [openDemocracy] Reference
Syllabic signs using the rebus principle, which is the use of a word or pictographic symbol for the sounds it makes disregarding its meaning, developed signs based of the logogram signs. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Although the same ideograph, or rather logogram, was used to designate the Chinese scholar and the Japanese warrior as well, yet the former was man of the pen only, while the latter was man of the pen and of two swords. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji] Reference
The logogram on the left is ubiquitous and easily recognizable throughout the world; it’s “the and sign”. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange History of the Ampersand] Reference
A super-soft, "Tri-Blend" t-shirt in espresso brown from American Apparel, printed with everyone's favorite logogram (set in. From Wordnik.com. [SimpleBits] Reference
Tags: alphabet, English, Latin, logogram, punctuation, symbols. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange History of the Ampersand] Reference
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