phonogram

Grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes

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Subclass of: grapheme

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A phonogram or phonograph is a basic unit of writing that represents a sound used when speaking a particular language, like a phoneme or syllable. For example, in the English word high, ⟨igh⟩ is a grapheme representing the phoneme —while ⟨igh⟩ is written using three letters potentially treated as distinct in other contexts, they cannot be analyzed separately in this case, as the intended sound is only indicated when read as a single unit. While the word phoneme refers to the sound itself, phonogram instead refers to the written representation of the sound.

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Opposite of: logogram
Has characteristic: phonography
Used by: segmental writing system
Different from: syllabogram
logogram
pictogram

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