In a written language, a logogram, also logograph or lexigraph, is a written character that represents a semantic component of a language, such as a word or morpheme. Chinese characters as used in Chi
Egyptian hieroglyphs, including logograms such as the sun disk (⊙, visible several times here)
Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture, including Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Of the four independently
Logogram
…drawn or written'), also logograph or lexigraph, is a written character that represents a semantic component of a language, such as a word or morpheme. Chinese characters as used in Chinese as well as other languages are logograms, as are Egyptian hieroglyphs and characters in cuneiform script. A writing system that…
Ox scapula inscribed with characters recording the result of divinations – dated c. 1200 BCE
The Shi Qiang pan, a bronze ritual basin bearing inscriptions describing the deeds and virtues of the first seven Zhou kings – dated c. 900 BCE
Page from a Southern Song woodblock edition (1265–1274) of the Collected Works of Han Yu. The Shicai Tang (世彩堂) edition is celebrated as a pinnacle of regular script typography in Chinese printing.
Ordinary handwriting on a lunch menu in Hong Kong. Here, 反 (fǎn) is being used as an unofficial short form of 飯 (fàn; 'meal') by omitting the latter's ⾷ ('eat') component.