logogram in a sentence
Examples
- This type of logograms characterized, to a greater or lesser extent, every adaptation of the original Mesopotamian cuneiform system to a language other than Sumerian.
- This is supplemented by punctuation marks and by various logograms, such as the numerals 0 9, currency signs such as $, and mathematical symbols.
- Chinese characters, the cuneiform script used to Akkadian and other languages, and the former Maya script are largely syllabic in nature, although based on logograms.
- This separation, however, also has the great disadvantage of requiring the memorization of the logograms when learning to read and write, separately from the pronunciation.
- In general, this amounts to a corporate title, logo ( logotype and / or logogram ) and supporting devices commonly assembled within a set of guidelines.
- Words may be written logographically, phonetically, mixed ( that is, a logogram with a phonetic complement ), and may be preceded by a determinative.
- :: : Strictly speaking, " pictograms " are pictures ( which modern Chinese written language are not ) . " logograms " is what you mean.
- Kane considers the " large script " to refer to characters used as logograms, and the " small script " to refer to character used as phonograms.
- For example, in the Latin-based writing system of standard contemporary English, examples of graphemes include the majuscule and numerals ( logograms for numbers ).
- As each character represents a single word ( or, more precisely, a morpheme ), many logograms are required to write all the words of language.