Sinograph

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any Chinese character.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of sinograph. alt-of

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- + -graph.

Etymology 2

From Sino- + -graph.

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