semantograms
semantograms is the plural of semantogram.
Meaning of semantogram
Noun
semantogram (plural semantograms)
- 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."1978, Herbert Franke, Dennis Twitchett, “Introduction”, in The Cambridge History of China, →ISBN, page 32
- Synonyms:
- semantograph, ideograph
Questions about semantograms
- What is semantograms the plural of?
- Semantograms is the plural of semantogram.
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