Phonogram

//ˈfɑ.nəˌɡɹæm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives.
  2. 2
    any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word wordnet
  3. 3
    An audio recording, regardless of physical format.

Example

More examples

"From a Korean TV show, a Korean says, "You'd rather learn a phonogram!""

Etymology

From phono- + -gram.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.