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/sɪˈmæn.tə.ɡɹæm/ · noun
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."
One could write OJ namyi ‘wave’ with the sinograph for a Chinese morpheme of similar meaning: 波 EMC *pa ‘wave.’ 波 *pa ‘wave’ would then be a semantogram for OJ namyi, serving as a translation of OJ namyi without representing its sound.
Use semantogram when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Semantogram means A symbol used solely for meaning, as when logographic Chinese symbols are used to represent the meaning of native Japanese words..
Common synonyms include semantograph, ideograph.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"the majority of Jurchen signs, which included both semantograms and phonograms, were inventions."
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