1. a written character or symbol that represents a word or phrase rather than individual sounds
Usage: linguistics
2. a single type or piece of metal bearing a complete word, used in printing
Usage: printing; historical

Examples

• Chinese characters are examples of logographs that represent entire words or concepts.
• The ampersand symbol (&) is a logograph representing the word ‘and’.
• Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs included many logographs alongside phonetic symbols.
• The dollar sign ($) functions as a logograph in modern writing.
• Early printers used logographs to speed up the typesetting of common words.
• Mathematical symbols like + and = are logographs that represent operations and relationships.