logographic

/ˌlȯ-gə-ˈgra-fik ˌlä-/ (ame, mw)

logographic — 形容詞

  • 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

語素文字

每個符號代表一個完整語詞的文字

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.

中文字是現今仍在使用的最古老語素文字系統之一。

Archaeologists found that the ancient Maya script was partly logographic.

考古學家發現古馬雅文字部分屬於語素文字。

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.