Pictogram is a related term of logogram.
As nouns the difference between logogram and pictogram
is that logogram is a character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system) while pictogram is a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
logogram
English
Noun
(
wikipedia logogram)
(
en noun)
A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system).
A graphical symbol representing a concept or thing, as in roadside signs; a logo.
Synonyms
* (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase) logograph
Related terms
* ideogram
* pictogram
* lexigraph
pictogram
Alternative forms
* pictogramme (rare)
Noun
(
en noun)
A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
Usage notes
Strictly speaking, a pictogram'' represents by illustration, an ''ideogram'' represents an idea, and a ''logogram'' represents a word: Chinese characters are all logograms, but few are pictograms or ideograms. Casually, ''pictogram is used to represent all of these: it is a picture representing some concept.
Synonyms
* pictograph
* hieroglyph
Related terms
* ideogram
* logogram
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