Logogram

As Logografie (from Greek λόγος, logos, " word, term" and γράφειν, gráphein, "write" about " font from word character " ) refers to a type of character systems in which the meaning of each language expressions is represented by graphic signs. These characters are called logograms.

In contrast to ideographic or pictographic images writings in which more or less complex symbols represent a concept, logo graphic character is assigned a morphemic, meaning -bearing unit, but which does not represent a full term in the rule. A logogram represents a term and is usually of several logographic characters. Logo Graphics characters are not synthetic but analytic character, as each logo graphic element refers to an independent meaning. From the alphabet and syllabic scripts, they differ in that they are not a Graphemsystem and do not represent the phonemes of a spoken language.

Logografien can be implemented in different ways in each individual case, for example, in Chinese characters. In addition to these and use as Kanji in Japanese, as Hanja in Korean script include elements of Egyptian hieroglyphics, ancient Near Eastern cuneiform and the Maya writing to Logografie. Just ask abbreviation word in shorthand such a system dar.

No logograms are characters such as mathematical symbols ( , -, ×, ÷, %, ±, =, >, <), currency (£, $, ¥, € ) and similar special characters ( &, §, @, # ) because they do not set minimum linguistic units ( morphemes ) call, but on not exactly certain way ( "plus / and", " minus / less " ) and to some extent by replacing complex linguistic expressions ( " divided by / divided by "," pound Sterling " ) can be read.