logographic

/ˌlȯ-gə-ˈgra-fik ˌlä-/ (ame, mw)

logographic — adjective

  • logographicpositive
  • more logographiccomparative
  • most logographicsuperlative

1. describing a system of writing in which each character stands for a complete wor

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describing a system of writing in which each character stands for a complete word or concept, rather than for a single sound or letter.

例句

Chinese characters form one of the oldest logographic writing systems still in use today.

Archaeologists found that the ancient Maya script was partly logographic.

同義詞
  • ideographic

    often used interchangeably, but strictly speaking 'ideographic' means symbols represent ideas directly, while 'logographic' means symbols represent words (morphemes)

  • morphemic

    refers specifically to scripts where characters represent morphemes, the smallest meaning units; closely related but more technical

反義詞
  • alphabetic

    uses letters that represent individual sounds rather than whole words

  • phonetic

    based on sound representation rather than meaning units

  • syllabic

    characters represent syllables, not whole words

文法句型

logographic + noun (system / script / writing)

用法筆記

Primarily used in academic linguistics to classify writing systems. The best-known logographic system is Chinese (using characters called hanzi). Many ancient scripts, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs and Sumerian cuneiform, were partly logographic.

常見錯誤

❌English writing is logographic because it uses symbols like & and $.
✅English uses a small set of logographic symbols, but its core writing system is alphabetic
💡logographic systems have thousands of symbols that each represent a whole word.' — A true logographic system relies mostly on word-signs, not occasional special symbols.
❌Japanese is a logographic language.
✅Japanese uses logographic kanji alongside two phonetic syllabaries, so it is a mixed script rather than a purely logographic one.
💡Most real-world scripts blend logographic and phonetic elements.