Sinogram
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any character used in Chinese writing; hanzi.
- 2 A diagnostic image of the sinus, produced by sinography.
Example
More examples"On the 27th of March of 2015, I first encounter now the word "tetragram." It is apparently any square-shaped symbol of a complex writing system in the Sinosphere. A sinogram, or sinograph, is a tetragram. It is my first time of learning that term. "Tetra" means four. Japanese Kana are tetragrams, as well as Korean Hangeul, because they are square-shaped, too."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From sino- (“China”) + -gram.
Etymology 2
From sino- (“sinus”) + -gram.
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